This is bad: > F5, a Seattle-based maker of networking software, disclosed the breach on > Wednesday. F5 said a “sophisticated” threat group working for an undisclosed > nation-state government had surreptitiously and persistently dwelled in its > network over a “long-term.” Security researchers who have responded to similar > intrusions in the past took the language to mean the hackers were inside the > F5 network for years. > > During that time, F5 said, the hackers took control of the network segment the > company uses to create and distribute updates for BIG IP, a line of server > appliances that F5 ...

Look at this: McDonald’s chose the password “123456” for a major corporate system.