https://securityblueprints.io/tags/sensitive-information-passwords/ Recent content in Sensitive Information: Passwords on Security Blueprints Hugo en user@example.com (Niels Provos) user@example.com (Niels Provos) Security Blueprints, LLC Sun, 06 Sep 2026 23:57:45 +0000 https://securityblueprints.io/data-breaches/army-national-guard-salt-typhoon-network-compromise-marchdecember-2024/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000user@example.com (Niels Provos) https://securityblueprints.io/data-breaches/army-national-guard-salt-typhoon-network-compromise-marchdecember-2024/ Executive Summary Between March and December 2024, Salt Typhoon extensively compromised the Army National Guard network of an unidentified U.S. state. A June 11, 2025 Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis memorandum, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request and circulated in June, described the incident; public reporting began in July 2025 (bleepingcomputer.com ; nbcnews.com ). The intrusion persisted for approximately nine months, but the sources do not provide an exact discovery date or a separate resolution date (bleepingcomputer. https://securityblueprints.io/data-breaches/linkedin-password-breach/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000user@example.com (Niels Provos) https://securityblueprints.io/data-breaches/linkedin-password-breach/ Executive Summary In 2012, LinkedIn experienced a significant data breach affecting its user base. Initially reported to have compromised 6.5 million hashed passwords, the breach’s true extent, revealed in 2016, affected over 117 million accounts. The compromised passwords were stored using the SHA1 hashing algorithm without salting, making them vulnerable to brute force and rainbow table attacks. These inadequacies exposed LinkedIn users to substantial risks as the leaked credentials circulated on cybercrime forums like LeakedSource.