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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 08 2018, @07:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 08 2018, @07:00PM (#664025)

    Not even jail. Put him on work release. Bring back chain gangs and medical experiments on prisoners, keep them alive forever and put a web cam in their cell. Bathe them in 50F water from the fire hose.

    But seriously, we do need to put these people into the poorhouse and disperse their assets and estates. That should be sufficient. Let them find their own room and board for a while.