Marketplace Tech Report for December 14, 2010

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Can your online passwords be both secure AND easy to remember?

by Molly Wood

Dec 14, 2010

Hackers busted into the database of blog company Gawker Media over the weekend, accessed 1.3 million user names, passwords, and emails, and proceeded to post that information online. An online chain reaction soon happened where Twitter accounts started spitting out spam because people used the same passwords for different sites.

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