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How Worried Should I Be About My Password Being Compromised, Stolen In A Data Breach? Experts Say This
Forbes
After a major data breach, do criminals actually have your password even if it has been encrypted? Companies have various ways of encrypting passwords. There are also techniques called salting and hashing. The upshot is, the average user will not take the time to find out how the affected company does their encrypting—or hashing or salting for that matter.