June 06, 2012

LinkedIn passwords compromised: change yours now!

Here’s just the latest example of passwords being stolen and then posted on a website. The ‘good’ news for now is that the passwords are still encrypted and can’t be read. The bad side is that if you don’t change your password the chances that yours will be decrypted increases every minute.

Here’s a link to an article about the leaking of the passwords and how to change yours:

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/06/06/millions-of-linkedin-passwords-reportedly-leaked-take-action-now/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=gcluley&utm_campaign=naked%2Bsecurity

Thank you to our friends at Sophos for being on top of things.

Jeffrey, CTO