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

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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  • (Score: 2) by https on Sunday April 08 2018, @06:00PM

    by https (5248) on Sunday April 08 2018, @06:00PM (#664004) Journal

    ...and maybe even before that, given the existence of Heartbleed, Shellshock, Spectre, etc. Treble penalties for sending over a network interface.

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