Household chemicals manufacturer Clorox was hacked in one call — tech support gave out the password and disabled MFA
Hacking may seem like a complicated business, but not when you’re targeting people who are too trusting. For example, in 2023, the American household chemicals manufacturer Clorox was hacked with a single call thanks to a tech support worker who was not afraid to share his password with an anonymous person.
One weak password destroyed a company with 158 years of history and left 700 people unemployed
Transportation firm KNP Logistics is just one of a large number of victims of the Akira ransomware group. In this case, the hackers simply guessed the password of one of the employees and locked down internal systems, demanding a ransom.
Bug in 600+ printer models of the same brand exposes default administrator passwords
Researchers have discovered a serious vulnerability in a series of popular printers that exposes administrator passwords by default. Worse, it cannot be fixed through the firmware of existing printers.
«Hacking guarantee»: NordPass names the most popular password of 2024
NordPass password manager published has released a new ranking of the world’s most popular passwords, and it shows that the situation is not changing for the better from year to year.
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