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The Lighter Side of Passwords

Posted March 26, 2010 to Identity Management |

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I can't take credit for this but I must pass this on:

During a company’s recent password audit, it was found that one employee was using the following password:

"MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento"

When asked why they had such a long password, the person said they were told that it had to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital!

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