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RockYou Hacked: Over 30 million accounts at risk. Passwords in cleartext

1 pointsby DJNover 15 years ago

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DJNover 15 years ago
I've never used RockYou's apps but I'm totally in shock.<p>Not so much about the attack, or that it was an SQL injection. Nah, what shocked me is the fact that passwords were stored in cleartext!<p>Can someone explain what possible use case permits passwords to be stored in cleartext?