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Monday, 18 June 2018 11:43

PageUp admits pre-2007 passwords stored in clear text

Human resources outfit PageUp People, which had claimed after it was hit by a massive data breach that user authentication data had been encrypted, has now changed its tune and says that passwords set up before 2007 were stored in clear text.

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Sunday, 10 December 2017 06:18

1.4b clear-text usernames and passwords found in single database

A database of 1.4 billion usernames and passwords in clear text has been discovered by the security firm 4iQ, which says it appears to be an aggregation of various leaks.

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