Comment Not a Hoax (Score 4) 97
There is a good article, and a good discussion thread available at http://www.whirlpool.net.au. It outlines the fact that the passwords would never be stored in plaintext (the passwords are stored on industry-standard enterprise servers), and that many of the released passwords were extremely strong (suggesting the passwords were not cracked).
It seems only natural to assume someone has spent some time collecting logins and passwords via another method, and is posting their results with the view of creating FUD over Telstra's service. Just because 69 passwords have been obtained, doesn't mean there exists a vunerability for the tens or hundreds of thousands of subscribers of the service.
I don't particularly like Telstra, nor do I use their internet, but I dont believe they are this stupid.
It seems only natural to assume someone has spent some time collecting logins and passwords via another method, and is posting their results with the view of creating FUD over Telstra's service. Just because 69 passwords have been obtained, doesn't mean there exists a vunerability for the tens or hundreds of thousands of subscribers of the service.
I don't particularly like Telstra, nor do I use their internet, but I dont believe they are this stupid.
