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That's pretty funny on a few levels, not in the least that they required a "secure" password like that but stored them in plain text.
by abustamam 9mo ago
That's pretty funny on a few levels, not in the least that they required a "secure" password like that but stored them in plain text.
- raddan 9mo agoI regularly conduct transactions at the branch of my local bank wherein they ask me for no credentials whatsoever. I also once forgot to bring my account number with me and the teller said "no worries, I'll look it up for you." Kind of horrifying.
- lostlogin 9mo agoOh! But that’s safe! Secret question time: What’s your mother’s maiden name.
- jazzyjackson 9mo agoIt helps that it’s a jailable offense to make fraudulent transactions
- doubled112 9mo agoIsn’t unauthorized access to a computer system also a jailable offence in most places? Would using the password you gain through this social engineering be doubly illegal?
- empyrrhicist 9mo agoWell... sure. But people be crimeing, and some of these attacks can be done internationally.
- tonyedgecombe 9mo agoMy bank’s password field is case insensitive. Of course they could have lowercased it before hashing but I doubt it.
- abustamam 9mo agoThat's scary. I wonder if incompetence like that could lead to a lawsuit in the case of a breach. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if there exists a system that just asks for username with a checkbox "check here if you are the owner of this account"
- empyrrhicist 9mo agoYeah I was a bit shocked... like... you're not supposed to know that!