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A great example of information leakage!
May 10th, 2005 by Pete
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I just got an email from Tom Kyte to let me know about a link he had found on a blog listed on blogs.ittoolbox.com. The entry is titled "And You Thought Your Company Photos Were Bad?" and it says that a regular securitymonkey blog reader had sent this in.
The main item is a photo published in a magazine sent out by a UK train company. A close up of the photo reveals some great information goofs by showing usernames and passwords on a white board. This is a great example of how critical information can be leaked not just by newsgroup postings or on mailing lists. The key lesson to learn here is "why were the usernames and passwords on white board in the first place". This is not something new though. I have been in companies where similar info was listed on the walls on white boards.
Great blog post though.
