Alyxx Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 22 minutes ago, skyfire said: I think some companies have poor system in place for storing the passwords. I'm not sure. It could be as simple as hackers getting far enough to crack it since it does stay safe for a good while. I think the issue is that companies have no way of knowing how close hackers are to cracking their systems and therefore never know when it is necessary to update or change it. It's not as simple as "not safe enough" because in the end no system is safe. It's just a matter of keeping the upper hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 13 hours ago, skyfire said: I think some companies have poor system in place for storing the passwords. Some modern companies save passwords via text file format (I'm not even kidding) so it is ridiculously easy to hack data from some companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 14 hours ago, Alyxx said: I'm not sure. It could be as simple as hackers getting far enough to crack it since it does stay safe for a good while. I think the issue is that companies have no way of knowing how close hackers are to cracking their systems and therefore never know when it is necessary to update or change it. It's not as simple as "not safe enough" because in the end no system is safe. It's just a matter of keeping the upper hand. Often the password storage is in plain text so hackers don't even have to do much sweat. Many strong password protections are through SALT and Hashes. So this needs to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
