Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina's entire population

Re:Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina's enti... by heavenlyblue on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @07:39AM (#28917019)

I don't understand how you can seriously think that having two databases instead of one would make it any easier. OK, if we had two databases the overlap would be, let's say, 50% and there would be another 20% in the database A that doesn't exist in database B. Still 70% of information stolen.

That on top of the fact that having two separate databases means twice the probability of different bugs in two different systems.

We must all move away from using PI as passwords, that's all we need to do. Then this problem will go away.

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Re:Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina's enti... by dewey on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @07:46AM (#28917064)

> We must all move away from using PI as passwords, that's all we need to do. Then this problem will go away.

You make it sound like it's an easily solved problem, which it apparently isn't.

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Re:Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina's enti... by adolph on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @12:59PM (#28920431)

I just use password reset every time I have to log in and do enough login fails afterward to lockout my account.

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