Hacker gang broke into Silicon Valley chipmaker AMD because of workers’ terrible passwords

Hoff told SFGate that breaches such as AMD’s ‘are easily avoided if even the most basic of hygiene and security rules are followed’. — dpa

A Silicon Valley tech powerhouse has reportedly faced a data breach, in part, due to employees’ purported use of terrible passwords like, er, “password” and “123456”.

AMD, the microchip manufacturer headquartered in Santa Clara, fell prey to an increasingly notorious hacker crew known as RansomHouse, according to reports by TechCrunch and Restore Privacy.