Unsecured data management leaves IEEE exposed

Category: Data management

26 September, 2012

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has confirmed that a data breach has left 100,000 passwords exposed.

Radu Dragusin, a Romanian researcher, was able to extract the passwords from public log files, which he claimed had been available for over a month before he discovered them.

Now in the process of a thorough investigation, the IEEE is contacting those affected by the data breach.

"IEEE takes safeguarding the private information of our members and customers very seriously. We regret the occurrence of this incident and any inconvenience it may have caused", a statement on the website announced.

The organisation manages, maintains and approves technical standards such as the current Ethernet and Wi-Fi specifications.

This breach is a warning to businesses of all sizes to ensure that their data management is as secure as possible.

Secure data management is vitally important to prevent anything sensitive ending up in the wrong hands.

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