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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 archfeld on Monday April 09 2018, @07:07PM

    by archfeld (4650) <treboreel@live.com> on Monday April 09 2018, @07:07PM (#664610) Journal

    I am not so sure. I met him long ago at the 10th annual Linux picnic, and while I respect him for his technical abilities and the work he has done with Linux he is not so benevolent and can be autocratic. I am not sure I can point to anyone I would consider suitable for the job in the recent past. That is part of what makes the system so unreliable. Too bad King Arthur and Superman are fictional. Jesus would probably have been a good candidate.

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