USPSA Database Hacked

[alfsauve]

They've shut down the web site.    If you use the same id/pwd on their site as others you'll want to change your password on ALL the other sites.

No one should store actual passwords.   They should only store hash codes that cannot be hacked.

http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=205850&hl=

[brushmore]

No one should store actual passwords.   They should only store hash codes that cannot be hacked.

As a programmer, I am just dumb founded that fellow programmers still do things this stupid.  It ain't that hard people!

[ExurbanKevin]

Hacking the database and changing your scores...

... well, that's one way to make GM.

[tombogan03884]

As a programmer, I am just dumb founded that fellow programmers still do things this stupid.  It ain't that hard people!

If you follow security issues in that industry you know that the number 1 security issue is user laziness.
Many, even those who should know better don't even change default access codes.