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 Chris Remington   ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · 7 months ago

Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years

www.wired.com

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Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years

www.wired.com

 Chris Remington   ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · 7 months ago
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Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.

https://archive.is/WD8NT

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    It should be interesting considering she’s currently the director of national intelligence yet seemed to learn about security during the time of AOL floppy disks.

    •  Powderhorn   ( @Powderhorn@beehaw.org ) 
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      Those were the days … free storage sent in the mail or attached to a magazine.

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