In the aftermath of the data breach at Linkedin last month in which over 6.4 million hashed passwords were stolen, we had highlighted the implications of such password compromises in general: “How does a data breach in one site affect end users? It is quite common for users to use the same login credentials in multiple sites – social media and other applications. Still worse, some users tend to use the same password for all accounts – right from email accounts, social media to banking, brokerage and finance accounts.
How do you manage emergency access to IT resources when an administrator is away?
Assume one of the administrators in your IT department happens to be away from office and an emergency situation arises when you need to access some of the IT resources owned / controlled by that administrator.
Data Breach at LinkedIn: Time to Seriously Consider Using a Password Manager!
Just in the last post, we were discussing how even some of the world’s mightiest enterprises were falling prey to hackers. Now comes the bad news about the security breach in LinkedIn! Reports claim that over 6.46 million hashed passwords stolen from LinkedIn have been published on a Russian forum. In a blog post , LinkedIn has confirmed the security breach, but remains silent on the magnitude: “We can confirm that some of the passwords that were compromised correspond to LinkedIn accounts. We are continuing to investigate this situation”, says the post