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tlongren
on July 21, 2013
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Apple Developer Website Update
As I interpreted it, yes, the intruder does have your encrypted data.
num3ric
on July 21, 2013
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I hope you were using good encryption Apple. This guy cracked 400,000 md5 hashed passwords:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WPny7wk960
He says even with password salts, it could be done.
ptwiggens
on July 22, 2013
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Unsalted MD5 has been extremely easy to crack for years. Not sure why the claim would be impressive at this point.
laumars
on July 22, 2013
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To be fair, unsalted md5 hashes are only one step above storing passwords in plain text.
MrGando
on July 22, 2013
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I could crack your unsalted md5 password with my Gameboy Color.
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