“Despite the seemingly nonstop pace of data breaches, organizations worldwide still don't seem to be paying much attention to detail when it comes to the proper use of passwords.
The latest entrant into the password "hall of shame" is Sony Pictures Entertainment, as the ongoing leaks of purloined Sony data by Guardians of Peace - a.k.a. G.O.P. - continue to highlight. It wasn't just that Sony was - according to numerous reports - using weak, overly short passwords for many systems. Sony was also storing lists of passwords in text files, Word documents and Excel spreadsheets, Mashable reports. Furthermore, none of those files appears to have been password-protected or encrypted.
Security experts react with incredulity at Sony's alleged password missteps.’
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