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3 social networking sites have been hacked and 8 million passwords published. So, I ask you MNHQ

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QuintessentialShadows · 07/06/2012 23:34

Are we safe?

Are you encrypting, are you salting and hashing, etc?

Are your algorythms up to scratch, and can you tango the hackers away?
Are we firewalled and ringfenced, or are we in a bell tent in a gale?

I would hate to see Justine make announcements such as LinkedIn and Eharmony, and Last.fm has had to do.....

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Tech · 08/06/2012 09:18

Hi, A couple of things: Our downtime last night was because of an ongoing capacity issue which we are working on fixing. It wasn't anything more sinister than that.

As regards the other points, our servers are in secure data centres behind firewalls and with constant monitoring against intrusion and attack. We have an ongoing project to ensure we are in compliance with industry "best practises" around data security. At present your passwords are retrievable (by you) but we will change that over the next week or so to add another level of protection.

Of course TSSDNCOP (is that right?) in detail, but please be assured this is something we take seriously.

Just to reiterate, for your own security, it's definitely worth using different passwords for your various online accounts. You definitely shouldn't use the same password for your email and your banking and your MN-ing. (You absolutely shouldn't re-use your email or bank passwords for anything else at all of course.)

If you want to change your MN password, you can use our reset link here.

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Tech · 08/06/2012 09:29

Hi Biwi, one potential problem is that lots of people use the same password for the lots of accounts (kids names anyone?) So people who have access to your email address and linked in password from linked in will probably try those details to log in to various other places including your email itself.

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Tech · 08/06/2012 09:49

Yes that is possible.

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