[LINK] Mad Aus gov accuses Sydney hacks of hacking

[Rick Welykochy]

Richard Chirgwin wrote:

> It's not the first time someone's been accused by hacking because they
> guessed / inferred / obtained a URL, is it?

One wonders what "highly confidential documents" were doing on the
public internet, unprotected by https: and Basic Authentication.
Note that sans https: Basic Auth is insecure.

Who is the real incompetent culprit here?

cheers
rickw


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