In a survey of IT professionals published Wedneday, 67% of respondents admitted having accessed information that was not relevant to their role, and 41% admitted abusing administrative passwords to snoop on sensitive or confidential information.
The survey, entitled "Trust, Security and Passwords," was conducted by security firm Cyber-Ark Software, which earlier this spring asked 400 IT professionals from the United States and the United Kingdom several questions about snooping. The firms says the survey was conducted during the RSA Security Conference 2010 and the Infosecurity Europe 2010 Conference.

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