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SF Hacker story Update

snadamsnadam Member Posts: 2,234 ■■■■□□□□□□
Usernames and passwords to San Francisco network exposed in court docs

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? icon_eek.gif
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    scheistermeisterscheistermeister Member Posts: 748 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Yeah I saw that. It is no wonder the guy was so protective of the network. He was working with complete morons.
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    dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    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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    snadamsnadam Member Posts: 2,234 ■■■■□□□□□□
    dynamik wrote:
    What's your password?

    The letter a...

    It's been posted a few times already, but this is hilarious (NSFW language though).

    whoa my mouse is moving!!!
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    scheistermeisterscheistermeister Member Posts: 748 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Yup, such a great video!
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    SlowhandSlowhand Mod Posts: 5,161 Mod
    snadam wrote:
    really? We implement more complex password policies than the city of SF? icon_eek.gif
    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.

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    SieSie Member Posts: 1,195
    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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    dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
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    astorrsastorrs Member Posts: 3,139 ■■■■■■□□□□
    dynamik wrote:
    Wow the level of incompetence in SFO is outstanding... icon_rolleyes.gif
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    snadamsnadam Member Posts: 2,234 ■■■■□□□□□□
    dynamik wrote:


    hahaa, a rouge router in SF!!! freaking crazy.
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    tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    dynamik wrote:
    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...

    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.
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    SlowhandSlowhand Mod Posts: 5,161 Mod
    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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