{"id":269990,"date":"2024-01-09T02:39:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T07:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=323809"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:15:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:15:56","slug":"this-is-how-a-ridiculous-password-managed-to-bring-down-orange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-is-how-a-ridiculous-password-managed-to-bring-down-orange\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how a “ridiculous” password managed to bring down Orange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Did you notice something strange in early December with your Internet connection? Was it your provider Orange? If you felt that way, we confirm that it wasn’t just your imagination. On December 5th, the Orange <\/strong>network “shut down” and left thousands of customers worldwide without connection. The worst part was the cause: a “ridiculously weak<\/strong>” password.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A hacker managed to access the RIPE<\/strong> account of Orange<\/strong>, which manages which networks distribute Internet traffic in much of the world. It was user @Ms_Snow_Owo<\/strong> who claimed responsibility for the attack through her X<\/strong> profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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@orange_es<\/a> Meow meow meow! I have fixed your RIPE admin account security. Message me to get the new credentials :^) pic.twitter.com\/NKFFDWb0Ec<\/a><\/p>— Snow ?\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f (@Ms_Snow_OwO) January 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>