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Gaming

Ohio Joe

(21,896 posts) Mon Sep 10, 2012, 10:16 AM Sep 2012

Guild Wars 2 hack impacts 11,000 accounts

http://www.shacknews.com/article/75656/guild-wars-2-hack-impacts-11000-accounts

Bottom line seems to be that fan sites were hacked and people who used their game password for the sites are getting burned.

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Guild Wars 2 hack impacts 11,000 accounts (Original Post) Ohio Joe Sep 2012 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Aerows Sep 2012 #1

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #2

Welcome to DU! ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #3

Oh shit Aerows Sep 2013 #4

What is 'salt'? Ohio Joe Sep 2013 #5

It's a way of generating a unique password Aerows Sep 2013 #6

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ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)

3. Welcome to DU!

Reply to Post removed (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 19, 2013, 04:18 PM

Aug 2013

The Gaming Group is one of my favorite groups on DU.

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

4. Oh shit

Reply to Ohio Joe (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 12:39 PM

Sep 2013

I love GW2. I'll change my password immediately.

EDIT: Oh wait. I never use the same password on any site, and use a salt instead.

Ohio Joe

(21,896 posts)

5. What is 'salt'?

Reply to Aerows (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 05:59 PM

Sep 2013

Is that a password generator or something?

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

6. It's a way of generating a unique password

Reply to Ohio Joe (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 06:20 PM

Sep 2013

while keeping a password that has marks you can remember.

Example: P!eisD3l!SALTcious. Pie is delicious, and a salt.

GWsaltUlovep!3 is pretty unique, but easy to remember. It makes it a longer string, and infinitely harder *in theory* to crack.

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