Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Sony Pictures leak shows employees used worst passwords ever

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Everyone is bad at passwords; that's nothing new. But if you're working at a high-profile studio like Sony, perhaps you should choose a better password than "s0ny123" or "password."


Days after the massive hack against Sony, a group of hackers calling themselves "GOP"(Guardian of Peace) dumped online a trove of files that appear to be from the internal computers of Sony Pictures Entertainment. The files contain all sorts of information, such as sales reports, syndication agreements, and employees' salaries



Among the hacked trove is also a folder called, simply, "passwords." And just like you'd expect, inside the folder there's a file called "passwords.doc" dated March 2, 2011, which contains what looks like a list of employee usernames, passwords, and even credit card numbers Read more...


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from MashableLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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