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ATTENTION! Steam Hacked: Newell - "Watch Your Credit Card"
« on: November 11, 2011, 04:19:38 am »
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnyegriffiths/2011/11/10/steam-hacked-newell-watch-your-credit-card/
GO CHANGE YOUR STEAM FORUM PASSWORD AS WELL AS YOUR STEAM LOGIN PASSWORD IMMEDIATELY!IF YOU USE THE SAME PASSWORD IN STEAM ON OTHER SITES, PLEASE CHANGE ALL OF THEM AS WELL!
« Last Edit: November 11, 2011, 06:23:11 pm by osaeed2k9 »
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Re: ATTENTION! Steam Hacked: Newell - "Watch Your Credit Card"
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2011, 03:22:13 pm »
That's a bit dramatic and alarmist. The password database is apparently hashed and salted. In order to crack your password they would have to generate a rainbow table based on your particular salt and then try to run the hash through the table. Seeing as there are over 30 million steam users. The probability of them choosing you is 1 / 30000000 or just slightly lower than an extinction level asteroid hitting Earth this year.
« Last Edit: November 11, 2011, 03:25:21 pm by killermonkey »
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Re: ATTENTION! Steam Hacked: Newell - "Watch Your Credit Card"
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2011, 06:20:31 pm »
Quote from: killermonkey on November 11, 2011, 03:22:13 pm
That's a bit dramatic and alarmist. The password database is apparently hashed and salted. In order to crack your password they would have to generate a rainbow table based on your particular salt and then try to run the hash through the table. Seeing as there are over 30 million steam users. The probability of them choosing you is 1 / 30000000 or just slightly lower than an extinction level asteroid hitting Earth this year.

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