Posté par: igor51 le mars 28, 2013, 21:59:22
The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), one of Britain?s top intelligence agencies, has admitted it sometimes emails passwords in plain text to those who apply for jobs on its site.
It was revealed in the last week that those who apply for jobs through the GCHQ?s recruitment portal are emailed their password in plain text after filling out the forgotten password feature on the site.
Source: British Security Agency Found Sending Passwords in Plain Text (http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/british-security-agency-found-sending-passwords-plain-text-032713)