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Originally Posted by MFCT
I don't think they've been hacked. My understanding is they're migrating to new software or a new system. And the password length limit for this new system is 16 characters. If your password is longer than that (mine was), you'll have to change it to a 16-character one in order for them to transfer your record. Nothing to worry about.
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You do realise that the system can't know how long your password is right? The hashing algorithms used dont store the lenght of the password, although they do have limitations of the maximum lenght that it can store. So, whatever the hashing algorithm they used, the length of the hash is THE SAME for a password of 1 char and 100 char.
So in essence, your assumption is stupid.
The OP assumption has more merit.