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The solar winds update server had a password of “solarwinds123”. I don’t think intelligence agencies need to be blamed.

• luckman212 6y ago
  Initially I couldn't believe this was true. But, sadly... https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201215/13203045893/security-researcher-reveals-solarwinds-update-server-was-secured-with-password-solarwinds123.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201215/13203045893/secur...
  • alasdair_ 6y ago
    In other news, Trump’s twitter password until a few days ago was “maga2020”. I’m not joking.
    • boomboomsubban 6y ago
      There's also the incident of the CIA using unencrypted communications that you could Google for leading to numerous agent deaths, so it's not like such things are too sloppy for US intelligence.
    • lawnchair_larry 6y ago
      Twitter disputed that story.