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Major Crypto Brokerage Coinmama Hacked, 450,000 Users Affected in Massive W - sunjester - 02-17-2019
Quote:Today, February 15, 2019 Coinmama was informed of a list of emails and hashed passwords that were posted on a dark web registry. Our Security Team is investigating, and based on the information at hand, we believe the intrusion is limited to about 450,000 email addresses and hashed passwords of users who registered until August 5th, 2017.
https://www.ccn.com/breaking-major-crypto-brokerage-coinmama-hacked-450000-users-affected-in-massive-worldwide-breach
RE: Major Crypto Brokerage Coinmama Hacked, 450,000 Users Affected in Massive W - darkninja1980 - 02-17-2019
wow very scary. thank you for sharing the article.
RE: Major Crypto Brokerage Coinmama Hacked, 450,000 Users Affected in Massive W - mothered - 02-18-2019
The upside Is, at least they've hashed all passwords.
I compromise on a daily basis, and I can confidently say that over 90% of companies (even some Fortune 500) store passwords In plain text.
RE: Major Crypto Brokerage Coinmama Hacked, 450,000 Users Affected in Massive W - darkninja1980 - 02-18-2019
(02-18-2019, 04:49 AM)mothered Wrote: The upside Is, at least they've hashed all passwords.
I compromise on a daily basis, and I can confidently say that over 90% of companies (even some Fortune 500) store passwords In plain text.
wow, that is considered to be a lot then about 90%.
RE: Major Crypto Brokerage Coinmama Hacked, 450,000 Users Affected in Massive W - Pringle - 02-18-2019
(02-18-2019, 04:49 AM)mothered Wrote: The upside Is, at least they've hashed all passwords.
I compromise on a daily basis, and I can confidently say that over 90% of companies (even some Fortune 500) store passwords In plain text.
Idk. How long is it gonna take to crack them... If people really wanted to, it'd all be done in under a week.
RE: Major Crypto Brokerage Coinmama Hacked, 450,000 Users Affected in Massive W - mothered - 02-18-2019
(02-18-2019, 02:29 PM)Ankrad Wrote:(02-18-2019, 04:49 AM)mothered Wrote: The upside Is, at least they've hashed all passwords.
I compromise on a daily basis, and I can confidently say that over 90% of companies (even some Fortune 500) store passwords In plain text.
Idk. How long is it gonna take to crack them... If people really wanted to, it'd all be done in under a week.
Are you referring to my post, or the hashed passwords?
RE: Major Crypto Brokerage Coinmama Hacked, 450,000 Users Affected in Massive W - Pringle - 02-18-2019
(02-18-2019, 03:20 PM)mothered Wrote:the same thing... your post is about the hashed passwords right?(02-18-2019, 02:29 PM)Ankrad Wrote:(02-18-2019, 04:49 AM)mothered Wrote: The upside Is, at least they've hashed all passwords.
I compromise on a daily basis, and I can confidently say that over 90% of companies (even some Fortune 500) store passwords In plain text.
Idk. How long is it gonna take to crack them... If people really wanted to, it'd all be done in under a week.
Are you referring to my post, or the hashed passwords?
RE: Major Crypto Brokerage Coinmama Hacked, 450,000 Users Affected in Massive W - mothered - 02-18-2019
(02-18-2019, 03:21 PM)Ankrad Wrote:(02-18-2019, 03:20 PM)mothered Wrote:the same thing... your post is about the hashed passwords right?(02-18-2019, 02:29 PM)Ankrad Wrote: Idk. How long is it gonna take to crack them... If people really wanted to, it'd all be done in under a week.
Are you referring to my post, or the hashed passwords?
No, my post pertains to exploiting and manipulating databases, thereby obtaining passwords that were/are predominantly stored In plain text.