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Over 40,000 admin portal accounts use 'admin' as a password (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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Over 40,000 admin portal accounts use 'admin' as a password::Security researchers found that IT administrators are using tens of thousands of weak passwords to protect access to portals, leaving the door open to cyberattacks on enterprise networks.

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[–] 11 points 2 years ago*

I worked for an organization that was pawned by ransomware. That administered around 4500 Windows PCs. All and every one of them had an admin account that was "adminarea" and the password was "areaadmin"

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