Tool could reveal Mega passwords

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Submission + - Tool could reveal Mega passwords (scmagazine.com.au)

Submitted by mask.of.sanity on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @01:59AM

mask.of.sanity writes: A crypto boffin has found a cryptographic flaw in the Mega cloud service that could reveal user passwords.

He is designing a tool dubbed MegaCracker that he says will crack hashes embedded into email confirmation links sent as part of the Mega registration process.

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