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Title: Just another reason to have unique passwords Post by: hayabusa on September 26, 2012, 07:50:56 AM Nothing like when a group, who OUGHT to know better, leaves a hole like this. Definitely continues toward making the case for unique passwords.
http://www.securityweek.com/ieee-exposed-100k-plaintext-usernames-passwords-ftp-server (http://www.securityweek.com/ieee-exposed-100k-plaintext-usernames-passwords-ftp-server) Title: Re: Just another reason to have unique passwords Post by: superkojiman on September 26, 2012, 08:54:23 AM Nothing like when a group, who OUGHT to know better, leaves a hole like this. Definitely continues toward making the case for unique passwords. http://www.securityweek.com/ieee-exposed-100k-plaintext-usernames-passwords-ftp-server (http://www.securityweek.com/ieee-exposed-100k-plaintext-usernames-passwords-ftp-server) Wow... what was this massive file doing unencrypted on an FTP site to begin with? Article doesn't say what it was (or I missed it). Title: Re: Just another reason to have unique passwords Post by: ajohnson on September 26, 2012, 10:28:46 AM From what I saw on Twitter yesterday, it was also mirrored all over the place.
Title: Re: Just another reason to have unique passwords Post by: m0wgli on September 26, 2012, 10:33:34 AM Nothing like when a group, who OUGHT to know better, leaves a hole like this. Definitely continues toward making the case for unique passwords. Looks like the same could be said about password complexity. The most common password was 123456, followed by ieee2012. http://ieeelog.com/
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