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Google Stored G Suite Passwords in Plaintext Since 2005

Threatpost

Google said it had stored G Suite enterprise users' passwords in plain text since 2005 marking a giant security faux pas.

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Google Glitch Left Passwords Unprotected for 14 Years

Adam Levin

Google announced a glitch that stored unencrypted passwords belonging to several business customers, a situation that had been exploitable since 2005. This issue has been fixed and, again, we have seen no evidence of improper access to or misuse of the affected passwords.

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Google Has Stored Some Passwords in Plaintext Since 2005

WIRED Threat Level

On the heels of embarrassing disclosures from Facebook and Twitter, Google reveals its own password bugs—one of which lasted 14 years.

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Zacks Investment Research Hack Exposes Data for 820K Customers

Dark Reading

Zacks Elite sign-ups for the period 1999–2005 were accessed, including name, address, email address, phone number, and the password associated with Zacks.com.

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Real-Time Attacks Against Two-Factor Authentication

Schneier on Security

When targets entered passwords into a fake Gmail or Yahoo security page, the attackers would almost simultaneously enter the credentials into a real login page. In the event targets' accounts were protected by 2fa, the attackers redirected targets to a new page that requested a one-time password. This isn't new.

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Joomla! vulnerability is being actively exploited

Malwarebytes

is an open-source CMS that’s been around since 2005, and has been one of the most popular CMS platforms by market share for much of that time. Super User’s password. Many companies, from small outfits to large enterprises, use a CMS in some form to manage their websites. versions 4.0.0-4.2.7. or later.

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G Suite users’ passwords stored in plain-text for more than 14 years

Security Affairs

Google accidentally stored the passwords of its G Suite users in plain-text for 14 years allowing its employees to access them. The news is disconcerting, Google has accidentally stored the passwords of the G Suite users in plain-text for 14 years, this means that every employee in the company was able to access them.