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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