[AusNOG] APNIC resets passwords after whois credentials spill

Ian Henderson ianh at ianh.net.au
Tue Oct 24 22:12:04 EST 2017


On 24 October 2017 at 07:00, Mister Pink <misterpink at gmail.com> wrote:

> APNIC has been forced to reset all passwords for objects in its whois
> database after leaking authentication credentials that were hashed with a
> relatively weak hashing algo.
>

Hats off to APNIC's response here, they were honest, timely, and decisive.
Sure this should have been cleaned up years ago, but eh, these things
happen.
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