‘If you are reading…’: This password ‘mistake’ shuts down a 158-year-old company (www.hindustantimes.com)
from cm0002@lemmy.world to cybersecurity@infosec.pub on 23 Jul 14:12
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[deleted] on 23 Jul 14:26 next collapse

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Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe on 23 Jul 14:50 collapse

Again, it wasn’t just a weak password, it was a whole list of things they did wrong.

boatswain@infosec.pub on 24 Jul 14:02 collapse

Yeah, it sounds like the real problem is lack of off-site backups. Bad password policies will certainly make it easier for ransomware gangs, but they’re not the only thing that has to go wrong.