Comment by hnlmorg
1 day ago
Do you know that this system was making fundamental security faux pas or are you assuming the reductive argument where determined enough hackers couldn’t break any system with built and maintained by diligent engineers?
1 day ago
Do you know that this system was making fundamental security faux pas or are you assuming the reductive argument where determined enough hackers couldn’t break any system with built and maintained by diligent engineers?
Romanian here. There really were admin accounts with the password Passw0rd, created so that some incompetent political apointees could browse the data.
Gee, I didn't know Moscul is helping the Romanian government too! :-)
I'm a quarter Romanian on my step-mother's side, and I too can confirm that the password was Passw0rd.
> Do you know that this system was making fundamental security faux pas or are you assuming the reductive argument where determined enough hackers couldn’t break any system with built and maintained by diligent engineers?
You should take a closer look at the screenshots posted by the hacker: entire systems and network devices with the password P@ssw0rd for the admin user. Now you tell me.
Your comment could have been shortened to:
Take a closer look at the screenshots posted by the hacker: entire systems and network devices with the password P@ssw0rd for the admin user.
Linking those would be bonus.
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