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One More Time: Avast Forum, 400,000 Users at Risk

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday May 28 2014, @06:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the Airgap-Me dept.

broggyr writes:

So, whereas Spotify was limited to one user, the forums at Avast has been compromised and the details of 400,000 users is at risk.

http://betanews.com/2014/05/27/avast-hacked-400000 -user-details-stolen/

 
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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by bootsy on Wednesday May 28 2014, @10:25AM

    by bootsy (3440) on Wednesday May 28 2014, @10:25AM (#48236)

    Looks like they were using a standard web forum application. It mentions the passwords were hashed but not if they were salted. If they didn't apply a salt then a list of common hashed passwords could easily be used to gain access to accounts. The main company website looks to be fine but if anyone used the same password on the forum and the main site they should defnitely change it.

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