Finance company stores DB credentials in helpfully labeled spreadsheet
Great idea, guys. Let's keep all of the data in an Excel file with weak password protection PWNED Welcome, once again, to PWNED, the weekly column where we recount the adventures of IT explorers who found their own pile of quicksand and then jumped right into it. This week's story involves keeping sensitive information in a very vulnerable place and then not protecting it adequately.…
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Security Finance company stores DB credentials in helpfully labeled spreadsheet Great idea, guys. Let's keep all of the data in an Excel file with weak password protection Avram Piltch Thu 30 Apr 2026 // 08:00 UTC PWNED Welcome, once again, to PWNED, the weekly column where we recount the adventures of IT explorers who found their own pile of quicksand and then jumped right into it. This week's story involves keeping sensitive information in a very vulnerable place and then not protecting it adequately. The tale comes to us courtesy of Stanislav Kazanov, head of strategic practices at Innowise, a software development firm.
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