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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   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 08 2018, @07:50PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 08 2018, @07:50PM (#664049)

    You think with your feelz all the fucking time, otherwise you'd be capable of walking back when people prove you wrong. But those feelz have a death grip on your brain, so taxes == theft, etc. Here's a stone bub, try not to break your own house.

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday April 08 2018, @08:29PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday April 08 2018, @08:29PM (#664059) Homepage Journal

    Prove me wrong on something and we'll know.

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