good point. it would still be silly for 'industry standard methods' to log passwords, in plain text - even for debugging purposes. But it could be result of som

good point. it would still be silly for 'industry standard methods' to log passwords, in plain text - even for debugging purposes. But it could be result of some bug or error which dumped a load of information ,or perhaps even crashdumps of processes. they contain memory ,which could contain passwords if for instance, the login handling service crashed. It would be useful if companies were a little more clear about how these things happen, it'd be a good learning point for readers with similar setups in their environments. since the issue was resolved, it could be 'responsible disclosure'.