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Not sure how confidential that conference was but I'd imagine these use at least a 2FA dongle to authenticate. This is surprising.
Not sure how confidential that conference was but I'd imagine these use at least a 2FA dongle to authenticate. This is surprising.
The conference chair couldn't help giggling. What was it he said? "Hey you better hang up before the police arrives"?
It's very serious stuff, it's not funny. Someone leaves their doors unlocked it doesn't mean you should be entering. More importantly, how on bloody earth are defence discussions happening in a situation that can so easily be defeated. The officials themselves are to blame for blatantly terrible security protocols.
The conference chair couldn't help giggling. What was it he said? "Hey you better hang up before the police arrives"?
It's very serious stuff, it's not funny. Someone leaves their doors unlocked it doesn't mean you should be entering. More importantly, how on bloody earth are defence discussions happening in a situation that can so easily be defeated. The officials themselves are to blame for blatantly terrible security protocols.
Yea, well, it's a useful function of journalism to poke their head in open doors and say "you're doing _WHAT_ in here?!"
I slot this in alongside the time US nuclear missile officers were found asleep, with the door open waiting for takeout - simultaneously seriously disturbing and quite funny.
https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/23/us/air-force-nuclear-silo-doo...
I wonder, I he was sitting in a suit and in a room with some flags behind him (not in his shirt in an ordinary office) if anyone would have even noticed he was intruding on their conference. They laugh it off now because he doesn't fit in.
Does not matter as much if you discuss reconstruction of a mountain hut, matters a lot in defence, espionage or diplomacy.
Not sure how confidential that conference was but I'd imagine these use at least a 2FA dongle to authenticate. This is surprising.
Not sure how confidential that conference was but I'd imagine these use at least a 2FA dongle to authenticate. This is surprising.
You'd imagine, but this conference software apparently only requires a pin that's visible as a GET parameter in the URL. I don't think you can blame the users for posting a screen shot.
They're laughing right now, but really these kinds of mistakes are telling how weak the security of various agencies are.