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cortesoft on Oct 21, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Teen Who Hacked CIA Director’s Email Tells How He ...

Hashing wouldn't help much for a PIN (which is usually just 4 digits). You could get a rainbow table for that in like 5 seconds. Even salting wouldn't help, given how tiny the keyspace is.

azinman2 on Oct 22, 2015 [–]

The suggestion wasn't about having verizon's database being hacked, but rather that other employees can see this data at all.

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