[Year 12 IT Apps] ITA U4O2 - Your strong password is worth nothing if it's stored as plain text...

[Mark]

http://www.wired.com/2014/08/passwords_microsoft/

"When the computer security company Hold Security reported that more than
1.2 billion online credentials had been swiped by Russian hackers, many
people were worried—and justifiably so. Hold isn’t saying exactly which
websites were hit, but with so many credentials stolen, it’s likely that
hundreds of millions of ordinary consumers were affected.

Some of these may be incredibly complex passwords—with lots of jumbled
numbers and symbols. And some may be incredibly simple—using just the
simplest of English words, like, say, “password.” But after the hack, most
all of them have left their users vulnerable to attack. According to Alex
Holden, Hold Security’s founder, the “vast majority” of the passwords he
uncovered had been stored in plain text on company servers."

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Mark Kelly
mark AT vceit DOT com
http://vceit.com

*The two most important things to remember in order to become powerful are:*
*1. Never tell your competitors everything you know.*
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