Prince William IT Security Issue!

[SecurityMonkey]

"Due to an administrative oversight, these photographs were not properly cleared at RAF Valley and the images showed unclassified MoD user names, passwords and computer screens on a restricted system."

What were they written down on a post-it note stuck to the screen!!!




http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/security-fears-over-photos-of-william-at-work-20121121-29ooo.html

[jimbob]

It never fails to amaze me how people still put passwords on sticky notes. I would expect the armed forces to know better.

Jim

[24772433]

Having used the UK Ministry of Defence DII systems I know just how unmanageable the whole thing is. I had to write down my password(s)  too - and I should know better!

[m0wgli]

A couple of years ago, I saw a cardboard box containing a laptop sent back for repair. The user had written their username and password on the outside of the box!

I haven't seen the passwords, but the following xkcd strip on password strength demonstrates why users may be encouraged to write down passwords:

http://xkcd.com/936/

[MrTuxracer]

Oh...this reminds me of those users posting pictures of their credit cards on twitter ... @NeedADebitCard

careless world.

Regards.