You’ve Been Hacked … Again: Why LinkedIn’s Breach Is Worse Than You Think

Date: Jun 08 2012

Filed under: Technology, Consumer Ally

Account password comprimisedAnother day, another big information security breach. This time, it’s LinkedIn and eHarmony, but it seems like only yesterday that Sony, Zappos, Nintendo, AT&T, Global Payments, and even the Department of Defense were scrambling to deal with huge numbers of stolen passwords and compromised accounts.

All things being equal, one thing is increasingly clear: If you buy, sell, congregate or communicate through a computer, you’ll probably have your account hacked at least once in your…

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