Check: US Department of the Interior cracks 18.000 internal passwords
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) checked almost 86.000 US government passwords during a security check. Over 18.000 were cracked, almost 14.000 of them in just 90 minutes. 362 High-level employee accounts are extremely insecure. Many media keep reporting that private users use passwords that are too simple, such as 12345 or Password123. While experts continue to find it hard to believe, there is now evidence that these passwords were even used within the US government. This is confirmed by the internal security check of the American Department of the Interior - DOI - Department of the...