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Author Topic: Just another reason to have unique passwords  (Read 1965 times)
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« 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
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« Reply #1 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

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).
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« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2012, 10:28:46 AM »

From what I saw on Twitter yesterday, it was also mirrored all over the place.
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« Reply #3 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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