True, but we'll never know if they used unsalted SHA1 or scrypt. Is there no value in putting a technical note at the end of press releases like this?
Except that we already do know ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7245439 ) . This notice to the general public is not the sum total of their communications. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7245598 )