Programming Errors Weaken bcrypt Hashes of Ashley Madison Passwords – Schneier on Security

Programming Errors Weaken bcrypt Hashes of Ashley Madison Passwords – Schneier on Security

Programming Errors Weaken bcrypt Hashes of Ashley Madison Passwords. Ashley Madison encrypted users’ passwords using the bcrypt function. It’s a secure password-encryption function, but two implemention programming mistakes allows millions of passwords to be easily decrypted.

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