back to article Opera resets sync passwords

In case you're an Opera sync user who spent the weekend offline: check your e-mail for a password reset. The company has announced it detected an attack last week on its Opera sync servers, and that some user IDs were compromised. It explains that passwords should be safe: sync passwords are encrypted in storage, while …

  1. MiguelC Silver badge

    "passwords are hashed and salted"

    Let's just hope they did it the other way round....

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