Juric, the LinkedIn spokesperson, declined to confirm that these accounts were hacked thanks to the leaked passwords, and simply said: "Account takeovers can happen."At the same time, she added that given that the old passwords are now all invalidated, "it doesn't really matter where else pops up."Meanwhile, the hacker who put the hacked database for sale has slashed the price in half from 5 bitcoin (around $2,200) to 2.7 bitcoin (around $1,200). "DAMNIT!"A LinkedIn spokesperson responded to Thorsheim's criticism saying users who've had passwords reset as a consequence of the data breach cannot reuse the same password.In the days after the database started circulating online, hackers have apparently started taking advantage of the leaked credentials to take over the accounts of people like Twitter co-founder Biz Stone as well as other personalities. Not anymore," he said, referring to the minimum length. After trying to reset his own LinkedIn password, he noticed that it's possible to simply input the same, old, password, and that the new one can be as short as six characters."That was fairly good in the mid-eighties. "All public information from back then and until now seem to confirm they were actually that foolish and naive."Thorsheim also slammed LinkedIn for how it's handling the breach now.
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