eHarmony confirms breach around 1.5M passwords stolen
The passwords, like LinkedIn, are also secured using SHA1 encryption which can be broken eventually as evidenced in the latest update for the LinkedIn breach, which is already showing user accounts being used to send spam emails.
eHarmony corporate communications manager Becky Teraoka said in a statement:
After investigating reports of compromised passwords, we have found that a small fraction of our user base has been affected. We are continuing to investigate but would like to provide the following actions we are taking to protect our members...
Teraoka added that a password reset has already taken place on the affected accounts, some 1.5 million according to SlashGear, which could save a little embarrassment for those people affected.
eHarmony also advised customers to update their password to “at least 8 characters, composed of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers and symbols.” and added not to use the same password on different sites as well as advising to update it every few months.
The company didn't say how the passwords were acquired.
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Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/eharmony-confirms-breach-around-15m-passwords-stolen
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FrogPosted:
Racist I don't even know what I would do with 1.5m passwords for eharmony...
HAHAHAHAHAHA
You're right xD
Poetic I don't how they managed to get there computer stolen.
Wow :facepalm:
The accounts! Not their computers...
RacistPosted:
Poetic I don't how they managed to get there computer stolen.
No computers were stolen the accounts were?
DubblePosted:
Lol hacking eHarmony wtf i bet they had a right laugh going through some of the convos on there
TTG_FlairPosted:
out of website they could hack they would hack this one must be some lonely people out there
IVIPosted:
Why would someone make an account for these kinda sites? there is something called REALITY !
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