Headteacher had the most guessable username-password combo you could imagine
Schools often don't prioritize or understand cybersecurity
PWNED Welcome, once again, to PWNED, the weekly column where we show you how not to use your computer or your network. In this week’s fable of fecklessness, we talk about a teacher who had a lot to learn about security.
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Our story comes courtesy of Kevin Walker, a seasoned IT veteran from the UK. At one point, he was providing his services to a school when he came across the headteacher’s (aka principal’s) laptop.
At the bottom of the laptop there was a sticker with the woman’s username and password. Even if they had been complicated, the post-it would have given them away, but in fact, the combination was:
Username: headteacher
Password: headteacher
Using that laptop, a malefactor...
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