Law firm insisted on one password to rule them all
16-07-2026 09:00 via theregister.com

Law firm insisted on one password to rule them all

PWNED Welcome back to PWNED, the weekly column where we gather lessons from organizations that didn’t take security seriously enough. This week’s tale of woe comes from a company that left a door wide open for miscreants, but was lucky it didn't have to pay the price. Have a story about someone leaving a gaping hole in their network? Share it with us at [email protected]. Anonymity is available upon request. Our story comes courtesy of a reader we’ll Regomize as Manny. A few yea
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