Peterson said that after this email, she tried to reset her son’s password but it wasn’t possible. Manning Peterson, the mother of an OPRF student, replied that “this is terribly insecure and you have just invited every single students accounts to get hacked.” The usual procedure is to force log out every user, and then prompt them to change their password the next time they try to log in. Needless to say, giving everyone the same password is not how an organization should force a password reset. “We strongly suggest that your child update this password to their own unique password as soon as possible.” today,” the school, which has around 3,000 students, wrote in an email dated June 22. This password change will take place beginning at 4 p.m. “To fix this, we have reset your child’s password to so that they can once again access their Google account. Last week, Oak Park and River Forest ( OPRF) High School in Illinois told parents that during a cybersecurity audit, “due to an unexpected vendor error, the system reset every student’s password, preventing students from being able to log in to their Google account.” After a cybersecurity audit mistakenly reset everyone’s password, a high school changed every student’s password to giving every student the chance to hack into any other student’s account, according to emails obtained by TechCrunch.
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