Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2h.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!eagle!mhuxl!houxm!hou2h!an From: an@hou2h.UUCP (A.NGUYEN) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Dingbats who leave their logins wide open! Message-ID: <354@hou2h.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Mar-84 18:52:08 EST Article-I.D.: hou2h.354 Posted: Sun Mar 18 18:52:08 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Mar-84 07:18:37 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 15 -- This was on National Public Radio just now: Telemail, a kind of private, electronic US Snail with government and private clients, suffered a series of break-ins recently. In the aftermath, it became apparent that (i) many accounts had one letter passwords, even letters near the beginning of the alphabet like "a" or "b," and (ii) known compromised passwords were still used for several months after they were "blown." AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGHH !!! Au Nguyen "Password a day keep the hackers at bay!"