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IT Security – from gizmodo.com “Passwords to Over a Half Million Car Tracking Devices Leaked Online”

Post author:Thor Pedersen
Post published:September 23, 2017
Post category:CISSP Certification / CISSP, CISM, CISA, and PMP BLOG / IT security / Updates

We’ve seen a lot of data breaches this year: some big, some small, some that are dangerous, and some that are just embarrassing. But if we were to name one as the creepiest data breach of 2017, this leak of logins for car tracking devices might take the cake.

The SVR passwords were stored using a cryptographic hash function (SHA-1), though one that’s 20 years old and with known weaknesses.

Source: gizmodo.com/passwords-to-access-over-a-half-million-car-tracking-de-1818624272

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