--- title: Law firm insisted on one password to rule them all description: A law firm reportedly used a single shared admin password across its systems, meaning anyone with that password could impersonate any user and access all data.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/law-firm-insisted-on-one-password-to-rule-them-all-sfzu2lw2r twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Law firm insisted on one password to rule them all | daily.dev og:description: A law firm reportedly used a single shared admin password across its systems, meaning anyone with that password could impersonate any user and access all data.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/law-firm-insisted-on-one-password-to-rule-them-all-sfzu2lw2r og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SFZU2lw2R.png og:image:alt: Law firm insisted on one password to rule them all og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Law firm insisted on one password to rule them all **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A law firm reportedly used a single shared admin password across its systems, meaning anyone with that password could impersonate any user and access all data. 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