Software firm fined $74k for data breach caused by weak password; half a million users affected
Software firm fined $74k for data breach caused by weak password; half a million users affected
The firm's password was based on its website name. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The firm's password was based on its website name.
If you really cheap out you can find sympathy cards for about 17 cents a piece. $74,000 will buy you 435,294 cards, ignoring tax. Although, you’d still have to pay for the stamps and you’d still be a few thousand cards shy.
Sorry.
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As a man, I just want to take a brief moment to appreciate this company’s name. 🤭
Sofrwarefirm1234 isn't weak, it's long and has numbers in it!
That's definitely going to be one of the first attempted passwords with a dictionary attack, or even with a manual guessing attack.
Not with that typo it isn't