Bitcoin Poker Website Hacked, Hackers Do Away With 42,000 Passwords
Sometimes the world of bitcoin seems lawless. All too frequently, we hear stories of heists, broken-into exchanges, and more. This time around, the victim is bitcoin poker website named "Seals With Clubs'. The service admitted their database had been compromised, but according to CoinDesk, failed to mention that private information of users were intercepted; to the tune of 42,020 individually hashed passwords. Seals With Clubs used SHA1 has functions to protect sensitive information, but it was doing just that. SHA1 is outdate and should not be touched with a ten-foot pole. A user then....
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