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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 bzipitidoo on Sunday April 08 2018, @11:36PM (1 child)

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Sunday April 08 2018, @11:36PM (#664083) Journal

    Incorrect. There does not have to be a Big Chair. It is possible for an organization to operate without singling out one person to be The Leader. Airlines have learned that "the captain is God" is not as effective as giving the other pilots more input and discretion. Too many times, a crash happened because there was more going on than any one person, no matter how talented, could handle.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday April 09 2018, @01:56AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday April 09 2018, @01:56AM (#664125) Homepage Journal

    Possible != desirable. Get more than three people together and they won't even be able to decide what pizza toppings to get in a timely manner. One person is best where the job can be done by one person.

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