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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: 5, Touché) by HiThere on Sunday April 08 2018, @05:07PM (1 child)

    by HiThere (866) on Sunday April 08 2018, @05:07PM (#663995) Journal

    Actually, with a reasonable interpretation of "due diligence" you'd probably have lots of people willing to be CxOs. Just not quite the same selection, and that would probably be a benefit.

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday April 08 2018, @08:27PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday April 08 2018, @08:27PM (#664058) Homepage Journal

    I want you to consider how many lawsuits get found for the complainant in this nation every year on the grounds of negligence. People aren't that negligent but hindsight is always 20/20.

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