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Terence Eden
@Edent@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

I warn you - this will physically hurt to read:

> How did the experts succeed in their intrusion? Mainly by the weakness of certain passwords that Anssi politely describes as “trivial”: type “LOUVRE” to access a server managing the video surveillance of the museum, or “THALES” to access one of the software published by... Thales.

https://archive.ph/l0web

#Louvre #CyberSecurity

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MegatronicThronBanks
@megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@Edent THALES are an astoundingly incompetent company, in general. They should never get contracts, full stop.

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Mummified in 15x70mm
@Benhm3@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@Edent

Oh no, it's glorious. At a time when cybersecurity is being treated as a collapsing bubble, we get these joyful little reminders.

sur-PRISE! The IT peeps they put in charge of their security? Not really so good at it.

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Ian
@tnbp@frankfurt.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@Edent Hackers (1995)-ass security policy

screenshot from Hackers (1995): Eugene "The Plague" Belford lectures the C-suite about the four most common passwords: "love", "sex", "secret", and "god"
screenshot from Hackers (1995): Eugene "The Plague" Belford lectures the C-suite about the four most common passwords: "love", "sex", "secret", and "god"
screenshot from Hackers (1995): Eugene "The Plague" Belford lectures the C-suite about the four most common passwords: "love", "sex", "secret", and "god"
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Kris
@isotopp@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@Edent If a telco PBX is made by Siemens, try the password "siemens".

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Liminal witch 🧙‍♀️ Sarah
@xgebi@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@Edent *rant about certain English speaking government requiring 30 characters long passwords which one has to remember*

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