I have heard that excuse many, many times – including just last week when a client could not get access to his account!
But what happens when the typo has cyber security implications? What happens when the typo has national security implications?
Typo sends millions of US military emails to Russian ally Mali – BBC News
It seems the answer is nothing for 10 years!
Your takeaway
I am a great advocate of using a text editor – this is my preference Notepad++ – and copying and pasting settings, passwords etc from there rather than doing it live. I can check the information before committing it. Afterwards just close the text file without saving – and clean the temp folders. Remember though the credentials etc are still in the clipboard so a reboot may be needed, just to be sure everything is gone.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
