Over 40,000 admin portal accounts use ‘admin’ as a password::Security researchers found that IT administrators are using tens of thousands of weak passwords to protect access to portals, leaving the door open to cyberattacks on enterprise networks.

    • ShunkW@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think I can say this now because it’s been 10 years. But in one of my old jobs, I set a new windows administrator password for all assets across the organization. Previously it was 8 characters with a known word with an exclamation point added at the end.

      I got the approval to set a new password that would be secure but easy to remember for the IT guys that would be using it on a daily basis. They complained about my first two choices, so I said fuck it and changed it to F0rH315ThEKwi$atzHad3rach!

      I could remember it just fine. Still do to this day lol. They complained about a 14 character password before and I was tired of trying to get them on board.

      As soon as I left for greener pastures, I heard they changed the password to something easy again. Oh well, not my problem anymore.