Just another reason to have unique passwords

[hayabusa]

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

[superkojiman]

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).

[ajohnson]

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

[m0wgli]

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/