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The passwords _were_ salted and hashed (the article and e-mail screenshot both mention this).

It's no s/b/...crypt but they don't seem to have been 'kept around'.

Aaand having posted this, he reads the first comment on the page which states the opposite... in contradiction to the posted screenshot of the supposed e-mail.

o_O

I received and posted the email, and many others on twitter have also received it.

Also, not sure we should take blog comments for the gospel before all the facts are out.

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