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Hawaii’s missile alert agency keeps its password on a Post-it note

Hawaii Emergency Management Agency mistakenly sent a false missile alert. It took a full 38 minutes for the public to be informed of the mistake. But evidence has come to light that some of the organisation’s staff might be in the habit of sticking Post-it notes containing passwords onto their computer monitors. These passwords have been caught on camera by the media, and available for anybody to view on the internet. It surely does say something about the state of security practices at what should be considered a potential target for a state-sponsored attack.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/hawaiis-missile-alert-agency-keeps-its-password-on-a-post-it-note/

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