Rapid response to LinkedIn breach key, security experts say

Security experts say LinkedIn’s response so far amounts to a decent start — much better than the breach of Global Payments was handled. LinkedIn has used the Secure Hashing Algorithm-1 (SHA-1) format to protect users’ passwords. But that offers less protection than a technique called salted hashing, which experts have recommended for some time. Security experts again are the danger of using the same passwords on multiple sites such as Gmail, Amazon, Amazon and PayPal. There is also bad news for users of Apple devices.”]

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