Wow, their interview question (in the hands of the wrong interviewee) could have... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		stevenwliao on April 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook stored millions of Instagram passwords in... Wow, their interview question (in the hands of the wrong interviewee) could have caused a data breach.

londons_explore on April 18, 2019 [–]

If it's a plaintext password, the minute it hits any human eyes, it is IMO compromised and the user should be required to change it. Employee, Interviewee, Hacker - doesn't matter.

itslennysfault on April 19, 2019 | [–]

I'd go a step further. IMO the second it hits a hard drive it's compromised so just the act of having that in the log would count.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact