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RIPE, Regional Internet Registry, hacked because an admin account's password was ripeadmin (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by hal_5700X@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

In a post, the security firm said the username and “ridiculously weak” password were harvested by information-stealing malware that had been installed on an Orange computer since September.

So the password being weak was actually irrelevant here, even if it was 32 random characters they would have pulled it off that pc.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Depending on the attack vector it could also have pulled it out of other things, but that's exactly why we have 2FA. And I mean real 2FA, on two different channels, that should be harder to compromise simultaneously.