The Cryptographic Implications of the LinkedIn Data Breach
It addresses data security and privacy issues for users of online platforms, focusing on a specific breach rather than introducing new cryptographic techniques.
The paper analyzes the 2012 LinkedIn data breach that compromised over 100 million accounts, identifying cryptographic failures in password storage and proposing more secure methods.
Data security and personal privacy are difficult to maintain in the Internet age. In 2012, professional networking site LinkedIn suffered a breach, compromising the login of over 100 million accounts. The passwords were cracked and sold online, exposing the authentication credentials millions of users. This manuscript dissects the cryptographic failures implicated in the breach, and explores more secure methods of storing passwords.