🔑 Founding year as a password? Fan easily hacks into Champions League club | OneFootball

Using your own birth date as a general password, unlocking the computer with your children's names, the sequence 1-2-3-4 as a safe code – how many times have we heard that this is truly not a good idea and that we should make a bit more effort to protect our digital and physical belongings.

If we as private individuals are constantly reminded of this, it's hard to imagine that the security officers of clubs participating in the Champions League operate at a similar level – well, think again.

A viral video of a supposed fan of the Serie A club Atalanta Bergamo allegedly proves the opposite.

In the clip, the fan is seen approaching the gates of the team bus entrance of the new stadium named New Balance Arena. He says: "We are here at the Atalanta stadium, mountains in the background. Here is the team bus entrance. What could the password for this gate be?"

He quickly comes up with one of the most obvious associations for passwords or codes: birth dates. He enters the founding year of the club – which is even displayed on the gate in the form of a crest and prominently on a banner next to it – 1907. And indeed: The gate opens.

He dryly comments in English: "Um, yeah. Top-notch security, I would say."

The video then shows the empty and deserted Atalanta stadium – the founding year is also prominently displayed in the stands.

Of course, the man could have taken the opportunity to gain free entry in the future. Instead, he apparently decided to share his discovery publicly and draw attention to this security gap. Probably the better decision.

What do you think? Just amateurish? Or is it a case of "so obvious it's almost genius" actually a foolproof move? Feel free to write it in the comments!

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

📸 ANDER GILLENEA - AFP or licensors