The Donald has appointed former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani as his new ‘cyber tsar'.

Hackers have had a field day with the appointment and have published not only Giuliani's passwords but also 13 prospective government officials, including cabinet members.

Trumps organization gave a wide approximation as to what role a cyber tsar might have. His duties will encompass “sharing his expertise and insight as a trusted friend concerning private sector cyber-security problems and emerging solutions developing in the private sector”.

Giuliani had previously taken a job as the chair of ‘the cyber-security, privacy and risk management practice' at law firm Greenberg Traurig.

According to Channel 4, those who were also hacked included the prospective secretary for the interior Ryan Zinke, secretary for labour Andy Putzer, press secretary Sean Spicer, director of the Domestic Policy Council Andrew Bremberg, director of the National Trade Council Peter Navarro, head of social media Dan Scavino, chief trade negotiator Jason Greenblatt and director of Oval Office operations Kevin Schiller, among others.

A little research by Lee Munson, security researcher at Comparitech.com, found that “many of Trump's staff have reportedly been using the same password across a number of different accounts”.

“While such behaviour is, alas, common among the entire internet population, senior White House personnel and cyber tsars really ought to know better.”
Munson added, “Not only that, the fact that some of the passwords appear to have come from sites such as MySpace may suggest that dormant, no longer wanted accounts have been allowed to remain active which, itself, is also something of a security howler from people who should know better.”

Source: SCMagazine