LinkedIn has been hacked.\u00a0 6.5 million password hashes have been stolen and hackers are feverishly working to crack those password hashes.\u00a0 It is estimated that over 60% of stolen passwords have already been cracked.\u00a0 \u00a01.5 million decrypted password from eHarmony have also been published.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Go change your LinkedIn and\/or eHarmony password now.\u00a0 But more than that, if you used that same password anywhere else, change it there too.<\/em><\/p>\n You might want to consider using a password management tool.\u00a0\u00a0W do not recommend password managers that are built into browsers, but ones that are stand-alone like KeePass, passwordsafe, or 1Password and that keep your passwords in an encrypted vault are very useful.\u00a0 Such a tool will allow you to have a different password (a strong one) for every site, but not have to remember them; you only need to remember the password to your password vault and it will insert the password when needed.<\/p>\n \u00a0Stories:\u00a0<\/p>\n