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Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company

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[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 4 days ago

Poor management and a lack of proper layered controls sunk a company

[-] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

The company said its IT complied with industry standards and it had taken out insurance against cyber-attack.

Maybe it should have complied with the standards that include offsite backups, rather than just buying insurance and praying.

this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2025

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