back to article Hacked uni's admins hand ID theft prevention reward to data burglars

An Illinois university's sysadmins have seemingly handed data burglars a year-long subscription to LifeLock, an identity alert and credit monitoring system, following a data breach at the US institution which left thousands vulnerable to identity theft. With the best of intentions, Bradley University reacted to being hacked by …

  1. Christopher Lane
    Facepalm

    With a password of...

    ..."changeme" I presume.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: With a password of...

      Don't be silly, everyone knows about password security now, it's got to meet complexity rules.

      Password123

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: With a password of...

        A capital P?

        1. Anonymous Coward
          Anonymous Coward

          Re: With a password of...

          You forgot the special character:

          Password123!

          1. Tom 13

            Re: With a password of...

            You forgot the dictionary word check, and minimum of 16 characters:

            Pa$sw0rd20150401

            1. Tom Maddox Silver badge

              Re: With a password of...

              C0rrectH0rseB@tterySt@ple?

  2. Stevie

    Bah!

    Magic. The dim leading the daft.

    I wonder where these SAs got their accreditation. You don't suppose ...

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