On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:30:29 -0800, warning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx said: > job / recruiter website dice.com use ancient crypt() hash function. > passwords limited to seven characters. cracking user passwords quite > simple. be very afraid of future hash / cracked password dump. maybe > dice.com should improve their security to avoid public shaming? That's assuming that they didn't do the risk analysis and decide that the effort required to fix the problem (which will probably require, among other things, having every single user change their password) is worth the effort. Given that so many places have gotten hacked and pwned that the user community response is usually "Meh. Another one", they may rightfully have concluded that risking public shaming is in fact a good business decision...
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