[Sophos]LinkedIn confirms hack, over 60% of stolen passwords already cracked

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LinkedIn confirms hack, over 60% of stolen passwords already cracked

LinkedIn has acknowledged the password database posted online appears to be from their network. 60% of the passwords have already been discovered and we are still seeing very poor password choices among LinkedIn users.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&blog=15254721&post=170337&subd=sophosnews&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/brkVvzdNGIc" height="1" width="1"/>
Source: LinkedIn confirms hack, over 60% of stolen passwords already cracked