One goal of the Password Hashing Competition was to raise awareness of the need for strong password hash algorithms , hopefully avoiding a repeat of previous password breaches involving weak or no hashing , such as the ones involving RockYou ( 2009 ) , JIRA , Gawker ( 2010 ) , PlayStation Network outage , Battlefield Heroes ( 2011 ) , eHarmony , LinkedIn , Adobe , ASUS , South Carolina Department of Revenue ( 2012 ) , Evernote , Ubuntu Forums ( 2013 ) , etc
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2012 LinkedIn hack
Password Hashing Competition