A database with around 800 people’s email addresses and corresponding passwords was posted to the Internet accidentally in Australia by the NSW police. Besides demonstrating how the vulnerabilities of individual actions impact information security, the details of the passwords posted also show more education is necessary to help people choose strong passwords…even if the password file had not been posted, it’s likely many of these could have easily been discovered with a password cracker, or guessed by someone who knows the corresponding people. And…why weren’t the passwords encrypted in storage…?
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