Re:Microsoft Live Account Credentials Leaking from Windows 8...
by frommstoms on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @10:23AM
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There are databases of hashes to common passwords that makes it easy to find the password from hash. If you use weak passwords like "password123", hashing it is not going to make it secure (unless it is salted). And so the general advice is use strong passwords no matter what.
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