In the aftermath of the data breach at Linkedin last month in which over 6.4 million hashed passwords were stolen, we had highlighted the implications of such password compromises in general: “How does a data breach in one site affect end users? It is quite common for users to use the same login credentials in multiple sites – social media and other applications. Still worse, some users tend to use the same password for all accounts – right from email accounts, social media to banking, brokerage and finance accounts.
