![]() ![]() The LinkedIn hacks were notorious for their scale, and have even provided the basis for some password-related artwork. In addition to making strong passwords and changing them often, 2FA is an easy, powerful defense in the face of large-scale, password-stealing hacks. ![]() ![]() Although the passwords were not stored as plaintext (they used a hashing algorithm) in both cases, they were stored with weak enough protection that they were easily cracked. This came after a related 2012 hack, in which about 6.5 million LinkedIn users’ passwords were compromised and posted to online forums. LinkedIn recently recommended two-factor authentication to users after 117 million user passwords were compromised and put up for illegal sale online this past May. For the eleventh and second-to-last day of the 12 Days of 2FA, we’ll look at how to enable two-factor authentication on LinkedIn. ![]()
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