Zappos Hacked

Posted on January 18, 2012 by webdev

USA Today reports that Zappos, a popular Amazon online shoe & clothing retailer, has been hacked.  While passwords were apparently safely encrypted by Zappos, other data, such as usernames that could be used by enterprising hackers to attack other online accounts of Zappos customers, could be vulnerable.  The lesson here is that you should always use DIFFERENT passwords for each of your online accounts.  Read more

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