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Police phone tracking firm hacked, passwords leaked thanks to weak hashing

2018-05-17 14:52

Securus, which tracks phones for police, was using the MD5 algorithm to hash stored passwords.

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https://www.techrepublic.com/article/police-phone-tracking-firm-hacked-passwords-leaked-thanks-to-weak-hashing/#ftag=RSS56d97e7

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