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MasterP
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Except that unlike Sony, the passwords that were stolen are salted which renders rainbow tables useless and ensures they can’t be cracked en mass. They’ve said they don’t believe the hackers got the salts either and if that’s the case the passwords will very likely never be cracked.

 

Also unlike Sony, Steamguard flat out prevents account theft so even if someone got your password they wouldn’t be able to log into your account.