The third largest breach ever just happened in Finland. Passwords were stored in plaintext. At T-Mobile Austria, they explain that of course they store the password in plaintext, but they have so good security so it's nothing to worry about. At what point does this become criminally negligent?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 08 2018, @03:27PM (1 child)
> Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
Well, in case of incompetence, "advanced" is probably not the right word. What's the opposite of "advanced"? "Retarded"? Yes, that one works on multiple levels.
Sufficiently retarded incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday April 08 2018, @03:34PM
Yyyyyup. I've been saying this for years now, usually phrasing it as "Hanlon's Razor loses its edge when there's enough incompetence."
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...