{"id":6057,"date":"2021-02-07T18:03:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T18:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/slack-stored-some-passwords-in-plain-text-you-may-need-to-change-yours\/"},"modified":"2021-02-07T18:03:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T18:03:01","slug":"slack-stored-some-passwords-in-plain-text-you-may-need-to-change-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/slack-stored-some-passwords-in-plain-text-you-may-need-to-change-yours\/","title":{"rendered":"Slack Stored Some Passwords in Plain Text, You May Need to Change Yours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AscannioWell, this is\u00a0unfortunate. Slack is requiring some Android users to reset their passwords as soon as possible. A recent update the company released introduced a bug that stored passwords in plain text, which is very bad. The company says it doesn\u2019t have any evidence of compromised credentials, but it\u2019s emailing anyone affected to make them change passwords. As first spotted by Android Police, the company is emailing users affected by the bug and even including a link directly to update passwords. That\u2019s an odd choice, as typically, you shouldn\u2019t trust an email that includes a link to change your login details. But the emails ar&#8230; Click below to read the full story from How To Geek<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/70188\/slack-stored-some-passwords-in-plain-text-you-may-need-to-change-yours\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AscannioWell, this is\u00a0unfortunate. Slack is requiring some Android users to reset their passwords as soon as possible. A recent update the company released introduced a bug that stored passwords in plain text, which is very bad. The company says it doesn\u2019t have any evidence of compromised credentials, but it\u2019s emailing anyone affected to make them&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Slack Stored Some Passwords in Plain Text, You May Need to Change Yours - The Daily Herald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/slack-stored-some-passwords-in-plain-text-you-may-need-to-change-yours\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Slack Stored Some Passwords in Plain Text, You May Need to Change Yours - The Daily Herald\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AscannioWell, this is\u00a0unfortunate. 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