The gaffe TV5 Monde the day after his hacking


One of the golden rules for passwords is never up to anyone. This seems so obvious that some finnssent by ... forget it.


This is what is in any case came to writing TV5 Monde even though she had suffered a cyber attack.

Thursday as many TV cameras rushed to the offices of the chain, employees have left passwords posted on the walls of writing. Thus, unwittingly, the cameras have captured them and broadcast on the air.


It was during the broadcast of the interview the journalist David Delos JT 13 hours of France 2 that the spectators could see behind him several sheets of paper on which were inscribed some passwords TV5 Monde accounts.


Stop the images who spotted the blunder website even checked what was supposed to be the password of the channel YouTube account and found that it was indeed the true access key. In other words, anyone who has seen the report broadcast by France 2 could freely connect to this account. The password was finally changed in the afternoon.


The blunder was also marked by a French twittos who did not hesitate to share his find.


The blunder has raised many questions as to the prudence of the chain, just hours after his hacking, seemed to have taken all necessary precautions. An official web projects of the chain said some password had been changed but not all.






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