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The Register's employee passwords exposed in Excel file on Mastodon

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An employee at The Register inadvertently exposed a file containing every employee's password, which was stored in a single Excel spreadsheet. This data breach occurred on the Mastodon instance infosec.exchange. The incident highlights a significant security lapse where sensitive credentials were not properly protected. AI

RANK_REASON This is a security incident report about a single employee's mistake, not a systemic issue or a major breach affecting a large organization or its users.

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The Register's employee passwords exposed in Excel file on Mastodon

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 Every employee’s password was stored in a single Excel file 📝 PWNED Welcome, once again, to PWNED, the weekly screed where... https://www. theregister.com/sec

    🤖 Every employee’s password was stored in a single Excel file 📝 PWNED Welcome, once again, to PWNED, the weekly screed where... https://www. theregister.com/security/2026/ 06/11/every-employees-password-was-stored-in-a-single-excel-file/5253784 📰 www.theregister.com - Articles # …

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