While doing some market research the other day, Google presented us with several documents containing login information for GoToMyPC and LogMeIn user accounts. Usernames, passwords, access codes - the works. Just posted to the web for anyone to find. Plus a bunch of people's logins for e-commerce, online banking, and travel sites, among other things. It's really quite amazing how much security-sensitive information is just floating around cyberspace. And of course, the easy availability of passwords speaks directly to the need for people to be using 2-factor authentication as much as they can, so they're not vulnerable to password theft or inadvertent disclosure.
Shameless plug - here's the marketing slick we put together to help our prospects understand why this is important:
http://www.enterpriseinaflash.com/security/Password Security Breach 4-2-08.pdf
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