Working in the Information technology industry can be hectic and at times scary. Not only do you have to worry about setting up everything right in the first place and to make sure nobody loses any information if their computer crashes: usernames, passwords, emails, profiles, cloud accounts and servers. You also have to worry about what goes on in the outside world.
Like when the New York Times pulled this stunt on Tuesday 8/5.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/t…billion-stolen-internet-credentials.html?_r=0
There are many problems with this story:
1. 1.2 Billion Passwords seems like a lot. There are no details about which passwords and usernames were stolen and they in fact refuse to tell anyone! So we have no real “proof” except conjecture from an unknown security firm.
2. Did they do it overnight? At first glance that’s what it sounds like in the NY Times article. However ... Read even more
