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November 23, 2007

WordPress MD5 password crack

Filed under: None — Tags: — Bob Morris @ 7:27 pm

Some hacked into a WordPress blog and created an admin account for himself. The bloggers found the database entry with hashed password.  They Googled the hash, and Google returned “Anthony.”

A one in a million fluke perhaps, but you can create the hash of your passwords here, then Google them to check.  Full details.

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