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A profane computer generated password is sent to an insurance company customer
Incident Date: July 2002 Incident Location: Norway A Norwegian insurance company issued an apology to a man for assigning him an obscene computer password. P&C Insurance sent the man a letter inviting him to visit a personalized area on its Web site. The letter also contained his user name and the computer generated password "trrekukk", which roughly translates to "wooden penis". The password was generated in part from the customer’s name. The 31 year-old man told the Norwegian newspaper Telemarksavisa that the password "doesn’t bother me, but an older person would surely have reacted. It’s an untraditional password." Jack Frostad, the information chief at P&C Insurance, said "This was really bad and we offer a groveling apology. We have implemented a mechanical block for taboo words and hope it won't happen again." Story Sources Title: Insurance firm issues unusual password Author: Nick Farrell Date: 8/27/2002 Publication: Publication Location: USA Publication URL: http://www.vnunet.com/News/1134591 Do you have additional information to contribute regarding this story? If so, please email siteupdates@passwordresearch.com with the details and source.
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