Virgin Media store their passwords in plain text
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Re: Virgin Media store their passwords in plain text
#2They could have encrypted them and then decrypt if they want to view them.
Re: Virgin Media store their passwords in plain text
#3They could have encrypted them and then decrypt if they want to view them.
But that's still just as bad. It doesn't matter if one person or a thousand people reads someone else's password in plain text. It's still technically a breach in security regardless of if they work for the company or not.
Re: Virgin Media store their passwords in plain text
#4They could have encrypted them and then decrypt if they want to view them.
But that's still just as bad. It doesn't matter if one person or a thousand people reads someone else's password in plain text. It's still technically a breach in security regardless of if they work for the company or not.
Yes it is bad, but its better than storing them in plain text in the database.