{"id":8938,"date":"2017-08-28T02:30:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T10:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/08\/28\/news-2711\/"},"modified":"2017-08-28T02:30:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T10:30:06","slug":"news-2711","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/08\/28\/news-2711\/","title":{"rendered":"'You' is the new 'Not-you'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

This medical practice rolls out a new system, and when it’s done everyone has the same randomly generated temporary password, reports a pilot fish on the scene.<\/p>\n

“I sent an email to all staff, reminding them to change their password from the temporary one that was assigned by the vendor,” fish says. “I included simple, step-by-step instructions — and I ended my email with ‘Do it now, before you forget.’<\/p>\n

“Knowing that some wouldn’t do it, I sent a follow-up a few days later, with the following modifications:<\/p>\n

Subject: Change Your Password — YES, this means you<\/i><\/p>\n

If you have already changed your password, thank you. You may close this now.<\/i><\/p>\n

If you have any questions about this, call or message me.<\/i><\/p>\n

“The following week, a user was having trouble logging in because her password didn’t work. I learned later that she was using her operating-system password, not the application password.<\/p>\n

“But on a hunch, I had her try the temporary password that she was supposed to have changed — and it worked.<\/p>\n

“As I walked her through the process, we discussed my emails regarding changing her password.<\/p>\n

“That was when she told me, ‘I didn’t think it applied to me because you sent it to everyone, not just me!'”<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/category\/security\/index.rss<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This medical practice rolls out a new system, and when it’s done everyone has the same randomly generated temporary password, reports a pilot fish on the scene.<\/p>\n

“I sent an email to all staff, reminding them to change their password from the temporary one that was assigned by the vendor,” fish says. “I included simple, step-by-step instructions — and I ended my email with ‘Do it now, before you forget.’<\/p>\n

“Knowing that some wouldn’t do it, I sent a follow-up a few days later, with the following modifications:<\/p>\n

Subject: Change Your Password — YES, this means you<\/i><\/p>\n

If you have already changed your password, thank you. You may close this now.<\/i><\/p>\n

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