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09-15-2017, 07:37 PM
You'll never guess what Equifax used as a password (because it's way worse than you think)
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Oh, Equifax. Things just keep getting worse.
Equifax protected some accounts connected to an internal portal in Argentina with the password "admin," in a move that was either incredibly amateur or hubristic (or both).*
SEE ALSO: This chatbot could help you sue Equifax (http://mashable.com/2017/09/12/chatbot-equifax-lawsuit/)
The screwup was discovered by Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm Hold Security, which was able to gain access to a number of people's personal data using, according to CNBC (https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/14/equifax-used-admin-for-the-login-and-password-of-a-non-us-database.html), "guesswork."*
SEE ALSO: Equifax hit with $70 billion class-action lawsuit after massive hack (http://mashable.com/2017/09/08/class-action-lawsuit-equifax-breach/)
This horrible password, which deserves a huge facepalm, played no part in the security breach that impacted 143 million Americans (http://mashable.com/category/equifax/). Still, Hold Security was able to access the Argentinean equivalent of social security numbers for about 100 employees and consumer credit report disputes. Once the company portal was accessed, a user could fiddle with employee data, and even sneak around to steal employee's usernames and passwords, according to security researcher and blogger Brian Krebs (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/ayuda-help-equifax-has-my-data/), who's call to Equifax about the issue led to the portal being taken down. Hold Security reached out to Krebs following the discovery.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/09/14/equifax-password-admin/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Oh, Equifax. Things just keep getting worse.
Equifax protected some accounts connected to an internal portal in Argentina with the password "admin," in a move that was either incredibly amateur or hubristic (or both).*
SEE ALSO: This chatbot could help you sue Equifax (http://mashable.com/2017/09/12/chatbot-equifax-lawsuit/)
The screwup was discovered by Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm Hold Security, which was able to gain access to a number of people's personal data using, according to CNBC (https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/14/equifax-used-admin-for-the-login-and-password-of-a-non-us-database.html), "guesswork."*
SEE ALSO: Equifax hit with $70 billion class-action lawsuit after massive hack (http://mashable.com/2017/09/08/class-action-lawsuit-equifax-breach/)
This horrible password, which deserves a huge facepalm, played no part in the security breach that impacted 143 million Americans (http://mashable.com/category/equifax/). Still, Hold Security was able to access the Argentinean equivalent of social security numbers for about 100 employees and consumer credit report disputes. Once the company portal was accessed, a user could fiddle with employee data, and even sneak around to steal employee's usernames and passwords, according to security researcher and blogger Brian Krebs (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/ayuda-help-equifax-has-my-data/), who's call to Equifax about the issue led to the portal being taken down. Hold Security reached out to Krebs following the discovery.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/09/14/equifax-password-admin/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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