« July 9, 2007 | Main | July 18, 2007 »

July 14, 2007 Archives

July 14, 2007

Talk about the need for Complex Passwords

I read this post on the Wired blogs about an ATM heist in which the culprit re-programmed the ATM to think it was dispensing dollar bills when it was actually dispensing twenties, thereby allowing the guy to clean out the ATM. How did he do the re-programming? Because he knew the Master Passcode for the machine, which was still set to the factory default of "123456".

About changing the passcode, the owner said "Oh yeah. I've change it twice since then. I'm paranoid now. I'll probably do it again tonight."

Talk about the need for complex passwords and privileged account management.

About

Nishant Kaushik

An exploration of the world of Identity Management with me, Nishant Kaushik, architect for IdM products at Oracle. More...

Downloads | Speaking | Contact Me

About July 2007

This page contains all entries posted to Talking Identity in July 2007. They are listed from oldest to newest.

July 9, 2007 is the previous archive.

July 18, 2007 is the next archive.

Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.

Socialize