IDENTITY UNDER ATTACK · EPISODE 12

The Exit That Was Never Finished

The developer had finished the website, sent his invoice and moved on. His admin account, a shared folder and a public link stayed behind.

Identity Under Attack, episode 12: The Exit That Was Never Finished. Fragment 12, the exit.

The developer finished the job and moved on. His access never got the message.

3:40 PM. Thursday.

Jordan was finishing the list he had started on Monday: every account, and every person who could get into it. Most of it was dull. Then he opened the website's admin page and looked at its list of users.

The website's user list: Nina, Jordan and Sam with current access, the contract developer still an administrator seven months after his last sign-in, and a drafts folder link open to anyone.

The developer who had built the website that spring was still an administrator. His account had last signed in seven months earlier. It could still change any page, add new users, and read every enquiry the contact form had ever received.

Jordan checked the shared drive next.

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