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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
by hnlmorg 3mo 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?
- mihaic 3mo agoRomanian here. There really were admin accounts with the password Passw0rd, created so that some incompetent political apointees could browse the data.
- BobBagwill 3mo agoGee, I didn't know Moscul is helping the Romanian government too! :-)
- vkou 3mo agoI'm a quarter Romanian on my step-mother's side, and I too can confirm that the password was Passw0rd.
- ExoticPearTree 3mo 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? 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.
- dredmorbius 3mo agoYour 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. <https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20swipes&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...>