RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seBM to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 4 months agoHackers shoveled snow for company, were rewarded with network admin accesswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkHackers shoveled snow for company, were rewarded with network admin accesswww.theregister.comRSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seBM to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square2linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareshrek_is_love@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months ago They tried using the password “winter2023!” and got 50 or 60 hits among the employees. Why did so many employees have this same password? I’m guessing maybe IT used it as a default or something?
minus-squareBCOVertigo@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoWhen you force users to change password every 90 days, but also don’t use anything like a password filter DLL or more modern solution to block obvious seasonal patterns, folks do this.
Why did so many employees have this same password? I’m guessing maybe IT used it as a default or something?
When you force users to change password every 90 days, but also don’t use anything like a password filter DLL or more modern solution to block obvious seasonal patterns, folks do this.