ICloud Keychain code changed in iOS8?

While installing iOS8 I received an iCloud Keychain Verification Code different from the one given a year or two ago. This one is six instead of four characters. I had no warning and am left questioning whether this was an intentional change resulting from the recent compromising of iCloud accounts belonging to celebrities.
Does this new code REPLACE the older one, or there something else happening?

Never mind. Cancel. Delete. One was a "security code" and the current one is a "verification code" sent because of my opting for 2-step verification. Got it now.

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