13.07.2012 06:50 Uhr, Quelle: MacNN

Rash of data thefts emphasize need for strong user passwords

Several significant data breaches have occurred over the last several days, and some criminal activity using previously stolen data has also occurred very recently -- a reminder to users security on e-commerce sites is not solely in the hands of the merchant. Yahoo Voices experienced a break-in with more than 400,000 email and plain-text password combinations were leaked onto the internet. Additionally, Android news and community site Phandroid's million-strong user information database is potentially out in the open as well. Best Buy is currently seeing user credentials farmed from previous b

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