Re:AdultFriendFinder was hacked
by gruturo on Monday November 14, 2016 @05:46AM
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According to the article they were indeed hashes, but they were converted to lowercase _before_ hashing.
This effectively makes your password case insensitive and probably reduces the % of support tickets (some people might not just click a reset password link and will insist they were typing it right, so they will open a ticket - all because they forgot capslock). It reduces operating costs at the expense of lower security and somebody must have considered it to be worth it.
This effectively makes your password case insensitive and probably reduces the % of support tickets (some people might not just click a reset password link and will insist they were typing it right, so they will open a ticket - all because they forgot capslock). It reduces operating costs at the expense of lower security and somebody must have considered it to be worth it.