SF Hacker story Update
Usernames and passwords to San Francisco network exposed in court docs
my favorite part?
really? We implement more complex password policies than the city of SF?
my favorite part?
Security experts already pointed out the city should change all of the passwords, especially since a number of them are identical to their usernames or would otherwise be easy to guess.
really? We implement more complex password policies than the city of SF?
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scheistermeister
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Yeah I saw that. It is no wonder the guy was so protective of the network. He was working with complete morons.Give a man fire and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. -
snadam
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dynamik wrote:What's your password?
The letter a...
It's been posted a few times already, but this is hilarious (NSFW language though).
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scheistermeister
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Yup, such a great video!Give a man fire and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
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Slowhand
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As someone who's done work for the City of San Francisco, among other places like it around the Bay, I can safely tell you that 99% of businesses run a more secure network than most government or state-run offices around here. It's sad. . . very, very sad how easy it is compromise (or lock out) da gub'ment.snadam wrote:really? We implement more complex password policies than the city of SF?
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Sie
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It can be scary the level of security in some of the higher establishments...Foolproof systems don't take into account the ingenuity of fools
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snadam
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**** ARE FOR CHUMPS! Don't be a chump! Validate your material with certguard.com search engine
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tiersten
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How exactly can you lose a network device anyway? You must know what subnet its on. Go find the switch its attached to. Work out where all the wires go and tada you've found it...dynamik wrote:
Although this does remind me of this story about a university losing one of their Novell servers. It was working. They just didn't know where it was. Turns out building maintenance staff had erected a wall in front of it. -
Slowhand
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You can almost hear the Looney Tunes theme playing when you read this story, can't you? I'm imagining "security consultants" searching for this rogue router with an ACME-brand network sniffer.
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