[Cryptography] eBay hack

[R. Hirschfeld]

According to the New York Times, the eBay passwords were salted and
hashed:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/technology/ebay-reports-attack-on-its-computer-network.html

But you might not trust the New York Times:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/15/1299692/-The-New-York-Times-Busted-Lying-Through-its-Teeth

(an exaggerated indictment, but the comparison with the Washington
Post's reporting of the same story is remarkable).