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Archive for January 20th, 2010

Ooops… or should I say… You mean it isn’t ok to leave admin IDs unchanged for years?

by @ Wednesday, January 20th, 2010. Filed under tech

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/187009/financial_firm_notifies_12m_after_password_mistake.html A Concord, New Hampshire, financial services company is sending data breach notification letters to customers after discovering that shared passwords, set up to simplify administrative functions nearly 10 years ago, could have exposed the private data of 1.2 million customers. Off the top of my head, every company I have ever seen does this […]

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