Password Reuse A Problem – 11 Million Ashley Madison Passwords Cracked Already

After the Ashley Madison breach, everyone sighed a breath of relief because the passwords were encrypted with bcrypt.  Bcrypt, as used by Ashley Madison, hashed the password 4,096 times.  That calculation meant that even with fast computers it would take centuries to crack all of them. Until a group of hobbyists – yes hobbyists, not professional […]