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At What Point Does Storing Passwords in Plaintext Become Criminally Negligent

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday April 08 2018, @02:07PM   
from the easier-to-check-that-way dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/04/another-day-another-breach-at-what-point-does-storing-passwords-in-plaintext-become-criminally-negligent/

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?

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• Re:When it's fraud Re:When it's fraud (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 08 2018, @05:51PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 08 2018, @05:51PM (#664003)

  If you don't want government regulation then move to Somalia. (Oh, wait, warlords == government regulation. Shit.) Otherwise, shut the fuck up and pay for the society that is supporting you. Fucking leeches like you are the reason the Fascist States of Amerika became the Fascist States of Amerika.

  If you and all your fucked in the head conservatard buddies actually wanted to "make America great again" you'd all shut the fuck up and get the fuck out. So take your "gubermint is ebil" bullshit and shove it up your ass.

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• Re:When it's fraud (Score: 2) by arcz on Monday April 09 2018, @01:36AM

  by arcz (4501) on Monday April 09 2018, @01:36AM (#664116) Journal

  I think most conservatives agree with government paying for security, just not wellfare. Your argument is invalid.

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