Comments on: The InternetFeds: Inside hacker Sabu’s war room http://blogs.reuters.com/matthew-keys/2012/03/07/the-internetfeds-inside-hacker-sabus-war-room/ Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Ralphooo http://blogs.reuters.com/matthew-keys/2012/03/07/the-internetfeds-inside-hacker-sabus-war-room/#comment-5 Ralphooo Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:11:00 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/matthew-keys/?p=33#comment-5 This is interesting. I am curious about how these people could supposedly break into an Amazon server holding employee usernames and passwords. Passwords are not saved in their original form. Only a one-way encrypted version is saved. The password entered by a user is likewise one-way encrypted, then matched with the saved version to verify the user's credentials. These tales of hacking exploits can be like fish stories. The fish grows bigger with each telling. This is interesting. I am curious about how these people could supposedly break into an Amazon server holding employee usernames and passwords. Passwords are not saved in their original form. Only a one-way encrypted version is saved. The password entered by a user is likewise one-way encrypted, then matched with the saved version to verify the user’s credentials.

These tales of hacking exploits can be like fish stories. The fish grows bigger with each telling.

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