IEEE accidentally reveals nearly 100K user passwords

by Laura Domela

A programmer found nearly 100,000 unprotected usernames and passwords on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ servers, according to his analysis released today. The IEEE is now working to clean up the mess.

The IEEE is a well-known organization for technologists, and has over 400,000 members. Romanian programmer Radu Dragusin discovered the IEEE’s login credentials were left publicly available, and unencrypted on its FTP server on September 18. There he says he found “99,979 unique usernames” and passwords. The servers also showed all of the member activity on the website, and Dragusin believes the passwords remained exposed for at least a month.
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