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Re:6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked by jackalope on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @12:14PM (#4074617)
Do you remember when you first used this password at LinkedIn? It could help narrow the dates of the breach. Especially useful would be the presence of a strong password in the list that was subsequently changed. That might help determine its freshness, if the new password isn't present (although this may be an incomplete list from an ongoing breach).
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Re:6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked by Yorn on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @12:53PM (#4074822)
I'm thinking this list is from closer to a year ago, I changed my password shortly after the MtGox hack last year and this hash is for my old password that was compromised during that time period.
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Re:6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked by elektronaut on Thursday June 07, 2012 @12:25PM (#4079808)
My password is in the dump, and it was changed mid October 2010. I remember because I changed all my passwords when my laptop was stolen.

The MtGox hack was in June 2011.

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Re:6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked by Yoms on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @03:06PM (#4075563)
It was about a year ago now. I checked the hashes for my previous password and it wasn't on the list... Mind you, as many have noticed, it seems to be very incomplete.
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