80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again

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[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

How do you know their passwords were their "family,pet,DOB" other than asking them?

[–]Brewdabier 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I worked IT, we had access to every computer. All 360 computers, IT is the people who work on computers.

[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I hope everyone was fired for not hashing passwords. That's a big no-no. Then your department has the gall to give advice about how to make a password. That's funny.

[–]Brewdabier 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Then your department has the gall

Well I worked there 15 years till retirment (2008) and as of today the company has yet to be hacked. Strong password = security.