Password Security Warning October 17, 2008
Posted by ctcoberon in Uncategorized.trackback
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CTC@Oberon recommends reading this article in the SMH.
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The article is headlined “Hacker’s list of online accounts spooks users”.
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It is about a hacker who posted on his website a list of email addresses, matched with user names and passwords, probably stolen from an online gaming website.
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There is an excellent article on the techniques that hackers use, and how to avoid them, at http://www.cs.umd.edu/faq/Passwords.shtml
