A case study in why credentials are revoked before firings.

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[–] 86 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

Muneeb Akhter asked Sohaib Akhter for the plaintext password

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.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago

    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.

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