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Westpac, one of the largest banks in Australia have a 6 letter password requirement. No more. No less. Requires at least one number and no symbols allowed. Cle
by Gustomaximus 7y ago
Westpac, one of the largest banks in Australia have a 6 letter password requirement. No more. No less. Requires at least one number and no symbols allowed.
Clearly not an IT focused organisation! The were also offered the .com version of their name for $1m AUD and turned it down which I found amazing for a $100bn organisation.
- 13of40 7y agoI can beat that, actually. The administrator passwords on the catalog system at my local university library in the 90s were required to be exactly 5 uppercase letters, and were hashed with crypt() and stored in an unshadowed file.
- lacampbell 7y agoI remember this from when I was in Australia! I also remember that you couldn't type in your password, you had to use the website and click virtual keyboard keys. I use westpac here in New Zealand and their website works really well, normal password, normal inputs, nice looking UI... but IIRC they are technically different companys.