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		coleca on June 16, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros... It's more likely that the Cards had a Excel file "Master_Passwords.xls" (or similar) with all his department's passwords listed in it on a shared department folder. No encryption, hashing, etc. Maybe they used Excel password protection on the file. Just a hunch, but I've seen it many times at past employers.

atwebb on June 16, 2015 | [–]

Or something like KeePass or similar, it can be nice to know people's information in case they leave (I'm not advocating insecure practices), though an excel sheet or post it seems as likely.

shimshim on June 16, 2015 | [–]

its amazing how many people store passwords in excel like this. i find them all the time in affiliations that I work with

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