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On the heels of LinkedIn's confirmation of compromised passwords, eHarmony says it is resetting passwords of its users that is says were also compromised. Dating site eHarmony confirmed today that passwords used by its members were compromised following reports of references to the site among allegedly stolen passwords that were posted to a hacker site. We are continuing to investigate but would like to provide the following actions we are taking to protect our members," Becky Teraoka, spokeswoman for eHarmony, wrote in a blog post. Those members will receive an email with instructions on how to reset their passwords.

eHarmony member passwords compromised

On the heels of LinkedIn's confirmation of compromised passwords, eHarmony says it is resetting passwords of its users that is says were also compromised. Dating site eHarmony confirmed today that passwords used by its members were compromised following reports of references to the site among allegedly stolen passwords that were posted to a hacker site. We are continuing to investigate but would like to provide the following actions we are taking to protect our members," Becky Teraoka, spokeswoman for eHarmony, wrote in a blog post.

Those members will receive an email with instructions on how to reset their passwords. Earlier today LinkedIn said that some of its members' passwords were on a list that ostensibly had 6. The words "eHarmony" and "harmony" were referenced in a separate list that was reportedly posted online. It's unclear how many passwords have been cracked and where they all came from.

The eHarmony blog post recommended that people create strong passwords of at least eight characters, mixing upper- and lower-case letters, numbers and symbols, use different passwords for each Internet site and change passwords every few months. We also protect our networks with state-of-the-art firewalls, load balancers, SSL and other sophisticated security approaches," the post said. Representatives from eHarmony did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment this evening, so it is unclear exactly how many eHarmony customers might be affected and whether the company used a salt technique that would make it more difficult for someone to crack the passwords that have been hashed, or obscured.

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