Security & Hacking: Ars' "Why hacked Blizzard passwords aren't as hard to crack as company says"

From Ars "A significant percentage of Blizzard passwords may already be in hackers' hands."

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The Ars article today is about how difficult, or not, it is/was for Hackers to crack encrypted passwords they managed to steal.

For more on password Hacking see "Lessons Learned from Cracking 2 Million LinkedIn Passwords"for more on good strong passwords see Steve Gibson's Haystacks & Needles (Understanding Passwords)