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at-fates-handsyesterday at 8:53 PM2 repliesview on HN

I'm pretty shocked as well. I thought every company stopped doing this like 20 years ago? Even for a legacy system that is a long time to continue storing credentials like that.


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__turbobrew__yesterday at 11:43 PM

My wife works in IT at a mid sized city. They still store credentials in source control.

jeremyjhyesterday at 10:42 PM

20 years is rookie numbers in these systems. I guarantee it’s been at least 40 years since a single fuck was given.