These are some of the biggest password blunders
- Colonial Pipeline's network was accessed via remote access
- between 1962 and the mid-1970s the US nuclear codes were simply eight zeros
- KNP was unable to pay and the 158-year-old business went under
- voicemails of public figures were hacked using the default voicemail access code on their mobile
#louvre #nuclearweapons #ColonialPipeline #KNP #tabloids #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/europe/louvre-heist-weak-password-blunders-hackers-intl
Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company
One password is believed to have been all it took for a ransomware gang to destroy a 158-year-old company and put 700 people out of work.
The #hackers managed to gain entry to the computer system by guessing an employee's password, after which they encrypted the company's data and locked its internal systems.
#KNP #transportation #Akira #UK #ransomware #malware #security #cybersecurity #hacking #hacked
😱 Ein erratenes Passwort führte zur #Insolvenz: Der britische Logistiker #KNP musste nach 158 Jahren schließen, nachdem die #Ransomware-Gruppe #Akira große Teile des Systems lahmlegte.
Rund 730 Jobs gingen verloren. Die Attacke war möglich, weil ein Mitarbeiter ein schwaches #Passwort nutzte.
Laut Experten steigt die Zahl solcher Cyberangriffe stark an.
#Cybersecurity #Passwortsicherheit #Logistik #Datensicherheit #Cyberangriff
A company that weathered the American Civil War, two World Wars, and the 2008 financial crisis was finally defeated by... a weak password. The Akira gang didn't need cannons or bombs to destroy KNP - just basic password cracking. 700 jobs lost, £5M ransom demanded. Sometimes the smallest vulnerabilities topple the mightiest institutions.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: One password is believed to have been all it took for a ransomware gang to destroy a 158-year-old company and put 700 people out of work. KNP -- a Northamptonshire transport company -- is just one of tens of thousands of UK businesses that have been ...
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Chameleon taking a stroll across the road. We had to help him to the other side, lucky for him we saw him in time to stop!