Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros’ Network

Re:Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros’ Network by coleca on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @01:07PM (#9727275)

It's more likely that the Cards had a Excel file "Master_Passwords.xls" (or similar) with all his department's passwords listed in it on a shared department folder. No encryption, hashing, etc. Maybe they used Excel password protection on the file.

Just a hunch, but I've seen it many times at past employers.

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Re:Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros’ Network by atwebb on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @02:11PM (#9727698)

Or something like KeePass or similar, it can be nice to know people's information in case they leave (I'm not advocating insecure practices), though an excel sheet or post it seems as likely.

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Re:Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros’ Network by shimshim on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @05:07PM (#9728706)

its amazing how many people store passwords in excel like this. i find them all the time in affiliations that I work with

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