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If the hole that let them in hasn't been closed yet, changing the password will make that password vulnerable, right?


LinkedIn said:

> users who have already changed their passwords or created a new account won’t have to worry, as they have recently begun hashing and salting their current password databases.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/06/linkedin-speaks-some-of-tho...


"recently"?!?


Yes, it could have been a little earlier but from what it seems, it was before the leak.




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