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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: 2) by c0lo on Monday April 09 2018, @05:09AM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 09 2018, @05:09AM (#664208) Journal

    I'm working the "burn it down and start over" angle.

    While angling for fish? Seems quite a subtle way of being subversive

    (grin)

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday April 09 2018, @06:26AM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday April 09 2018, @06:26AM (#664237) Homepage Journal

    Heh, being able to hunt and fish could very well become valuable skills in the not too distant future. Plus, fishing relaxes me and I don't see any need to get all stressed out just because a shitty government is in need of toppling. If the US government can manage it, anyone should be able to.

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday April 09 2018, @06:33AM (1 child)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 09 2018, @06:33AM (#664247) Journal

      Heh, being able to hunt and fish could very well become valuable skills in the not too distant future.

      Or useless skills due to the extinction of any life on the hunting/fishing grounds by the local hog farming baron.

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