Hammers, football games, and panties don't usualy have passwords. LinkedIn isn't as pervasive as Yahoo, but does serve a higher value clientel, at least in the US.
Major portals such as Yahoo, Google+, Hotmail, etc all do and I would say that getting the word out about a major breech is a service to the community and a slap to the bad guys. Think about it: let's say you cop a million passwords, but before you can exploit them, most all are changed. So, what was the point? A lot of hard word for just a few presumably inactive passwords. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 6:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FYI LinKEdln passwords hacked W dniu 2012-06-06 23:31, Ed Gould pisze: > LinkedIn Users: Change Password Now > Attackers appear to have obtained--and may have already decrypted--at > least 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords. How is it related to IBM mainframes? Hint: Maybe some mainframers do use this portal, but mainframers also use VISA cards, hammers, watch football, wear panties (or not), etc. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
