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Twin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being fired
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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The more scary part in this story is that the government stores your passwords in plain text!
So basically ANYONE with access to the database can steal your credentials, including employees, the government and any authorities.
Never re-use passwords.
Every place I have worked, most of HR and like half of finance/accounting has access to your social security number, full address and phone number. Sometimes even the password and security questions you used for whatever BS portal they made you setup an account in.
Never heard of hashing and salting apparently
"Oh yeah we did that at the last company barbeque event. They hashed and salted all the steaks"