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[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 31 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Summer2024 Autumn2024 Spring2024 Winter2024

Are the most common passwords for regular employees. Update the year with the current or previous one.

Source: I was in IT.

P.s. if you have access to the physical location. Look for post-it notes under the keyboard.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Under the keyboard? The company you worked for must be some sort of security company or financial institution. I've seen them stuck on the damn monitor.

[–] Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago

Given they had access to plaintext passwords, I’d hope not

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Bwahahaha. Ditto.

[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Oh shit, stealing this. Tired of changing the number on my overly long password. It's just inconvenient to type 32 charachters when "SeasonYear" would work.

Bro just made an unknown company a little less secure 💀