Saddam's Inbox Hacked

MotorMachineMercenar writes "Wired News is reporting that Saddam Hussein's email account (press@uruklink.net) has been hacked into. The account had a five-letter login with the same password. Messages in his inbox sent from all over the world included everything from death threats to business propositions to offers to sell him WMDs. A choice quote from the article: 'One AOL user sent Saddam a one-word message: 'Imminent.' Attached to the Aug. 6 e-mail was a photograph of an atomic mushroom cloud.' I wonder what the login was." You'd think it was "press," password "press," but if it were that obvious I think someone would have said so.

Comments

what

[Anonymous Coward]

you really think he personally reads that account? asshole probably can't even use a computer at all without wanting to shoot or gas it.

Re:what

[isorox]

asshole probably can't even use a computer at all without wanting to shoot or gas it.

But to be fair, we all feel like that on a monday morning

Other good news for Saddam

[Anonymous Coward]

Mr. Jambunju of Nigeria needs his help getting his family's money out of the country, and if Saddam helps, he will get half of it.

Plus, thanks to the miracle of herbal viagra, he'll soon be able to sustain an erection all night, and please many women in bed!

hmmm

[pizza_milkshake]

hmmm Saddam wasn't using AOL? he may be more dangerous than we thought.

Re:hmmm

[hebertpa]

Yes but even AOL users can choose better passwords

Re:hmmm

[cdrudge]

Arabic OnLine maybe?

Re:hmmm

[C0LDFusion]

Of course not. Haven't you heard? Iraq OnLine is the 137,000,000th hottest internet service provider, serving all of 2 people (Saddam and the hacker)for the past decade! And it's growing fast! With new Dictator Controls, it's easier for Saddam to choose what access you have. And e-mail is a snap. Just ask the guy who hacked his inbox!

Re:hmmm

[ncc74656]

hmmm Saddam wasn't using AOL? he may be more dangerous than we thought.

Has anyone checked to see if the password is 12345?

Re:hmmm

[sean23007]

That sounds like the kind of password an idiot would have on his email.

Note to self: 12345 no longer an acceptable password for this account...

Re:hmmm

[superyooser]

The real proof that Saddam is evil (from a web developer's perspective):

<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage5.0">

Also, they're using Microsoft-authored Java classes using the deprecated applet element.

<applet code="fphover.class"

and they're obviously anti-/. too. ;-)

codebase="./"

Worst of all, there's no DOCTYPE declaration, without which, a validator does not know which HTML version to expect. This means that Iraq has no intention of complying with international web standards.

I'm waiting for the U.N. to send in Web Inspectors.

All Saddam's email are belong to us!

[leviramsey]

Hack inbox for great justice

Seriously, when are people going to learn that short usernames with the username as the password are a bad idea? Maybe the US should bomb everybody whose email is stupidly secured like that?

Re:All Saddam's email are belong to us!

[Mr. Sketch]

Maybe the US should bomb everybody whose email is stupidly secured like that?

I think you mean the US should set him up the bomb.

Re:All Saddam's email are belong to us!

[DahGhostfacedFiddlah]

I think you mean the US should set him up the bomb.

Your grammar is atrocious! For future reference:
"I think you mean the US should set up him the bomb."

Re:All Saddam's email are belong to us!

[Dirtside]

Yeah... whenever you're trying to remember which of two forms an AYB quote takes, just think about which one has more grammatical errors, and that's your quote. :)

Re:All Saddam's email are belong to us!

[Nailer]

Your grammar is atrocious!

you're grammar, friend. ;)

Re:All Saddam's email are belong to us!

[Mojojojo Monkey Inc.]

Oh no, the day has come when modding up an AYB reference is Informative instead of Funny! The end is definately upon us.

I wonder....

[JoeLinux]

Hmm...this would make for a good fark contest: Make a email that might be in Saddam's inbox.

To: Madmn@aol.com
From: GWBush@whitehouse.gov

Subject: Hahahahaha

Prepare your Camels, 'cause we're about to get medeviel on your scud-launching ass. And if you use Bio weapons, you won't stop glowing for a LONG time. And don't think you can bankrupt us. We use weapons on you, we order more, our side gets more jobs. So let us in, or we'll come down on you like the hand of god.

Party on,

GWB

Re:I wonder....

[Malcontent]

If it mentioned oil I could have sworn dubya himself wrote that email. Grammer mistakes and all.

Re:I wonder....

[JoeLinux]

To: Madmn@aol.com
From: GWBush@whitehouse.gov

Subject: Re: Hahahahaha

Forgot to add: If you are going to send the big bad Republican Guard after us, please be sure to equip them with white flags and THEIR own hand restraints. It was quite annoying last time to have to resort to plastic ties.

Oh, oh, and please pass out white flags. We'd hate to accidently kill one of the many thousands trying to surrender.

And once again, use bio weapons on us, and we'll do something truly evil back: Feed your people. Including the Kurds.

We have food
Are you afraid?
Down with Iraq
Down with Iraq

GWB.

Re:I wonder....

[babbage]

An obvious forgery, there aren't nearly enough typos, grammatical errors, garbled logic, etc. It is well known that the real GWB write at a 2nd grade level, but this is solid 5th grade stuff. Nice try... :-)

Re:I wonder....

[babbage]

It is well known that the real GWB write at a 2nd grade level, but this is solid

Err, "writes".

And it's also well known that people against the Bush regime have their own well documented problems with getting straight A's in grammar too :-)

Re:I wonder....

[mikerich]

kinda like how austin powers and doctor evil went to school together?

With Tony Blair co-starring as Mini Me?

My god it's all starting to make sense!

Best wishes,
Mike.

CONFIDENTIAL PURPOSE

[limekiller4]

Yes, but did he get any business propositions from Nigeria.

That's what I want to know.

unless . . .

[EEgopher]

What if he were unix-proficient?

"Orders, my Oily Commander?"

"Yes, kill -9 -1 those yankees."

We should feed our American troops copious amounts of WhoopAss. Thinkgeek will make a fortune!

Re:WMD

[Pike65]

Oh OK.

. . . . How exactly do you send someone an e-mail trying to sell them a weapon of mass distruction?

Sadam,
You have been approved.
You can receive a thermo-nuclear warhead!
Did You Know?
-There are No special requirements to obtain these weapons.
-These are weapons that you NEVER have to repay!

Sadam,You Qualify!
Click Here
Limited Time Offer!

Re:Password? in english?

[dr_dank]

C'mon, don't let facts get in the way of a good story.

Remember our friend from last year?

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna play some Doom 3.

Re:Hoax?

[stefanlasiewski]

Duh! Saddam doesn't read his email, one of the "Saddam Lookalikes" reads the email, and occasionally responds... so I guess you could call them "Saddam Typealikes".

Re:Hoax?

[dattaway]

Its a hoax until I see links to mirrors of his inbox. It would be for historical purposes of course...

examples of leaders' bad passwords...

[TWX_the_Linux_Zealot]

King of the Druids: "One... Two... Three... Four... Five."

Dark Helmet: "That sounds like the combination an idiot would have on his luggage!"


<snip>

President Scrooge: "One two three four five? I can't believe it! I have the same combination on my luggage!"

Re:Hoax?

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe it was hacked by Junti in Afghanistan, using an old commodore 64 and a Baywatch DiVX. Then again maybe Junti is Saddam. Maybe we can get a comment from Mr. Katz about it?

Re:Password? in english?

[vee-dub.net]

Hmmmmm.....

[me@myhost me]$ telnet mail.uruklink.net 110
Trying 62.32.60.16...
Connected to mail.uruklink.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK X1 NT-POP3 Server mail.uruklink.net (IMail 7.07 39961-78)
user press
+OK send your password
pass press
-ERR Invalid userid/password
quit
+OK POP3 Server saying Good-Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.
[me@myhost me]$

Bummer.

Y2K-Not OK!

[phawley]

from article:

The version of webmail software used by the Iraqi ISP is known to have several security holes -- but the patches available for them do not appear to have been applied.


from uruklink.net website:

October28 ,102

like Y2K? ;)

Re:Hoax?

[Anonymous Coward]

Iraq's government is very, very different from ours in a lot of ways

Yeah --- the guy they voted for got to be President.

In related news

[Theodore Logan]

Saddam's personal homepage is right now being subjected to what appears to be a large scale DDOS attack. After Saddam has butchered his sysadmin and the hackers, he's coming for you Jamie...

A play on his name...

[Anonymous Coward]

... password and login are the same... hence Saddam Insein!

Uruks from Iraq?

[merriam]

I'm confused. Is Saddam breeding orcs now?

Re:Uruks from Iraq?

[user flynn]

Send this message to Saddam:

Uruk Hi!

Somebody set us up the bomb.
We get signal.
What happen?
Main Screen, turn on.
It's you!
How are you? All your base are belong to us!
You are on the way to destruction.
What you say?!?
You have no chance of survive! Make your time! muhahah muhahahaha!
You know what you doing!!!
Move oil for great justice!

Sincerely,
George W. Bush

Sounds like something from a GW press conference :).

Re:Uruks from Iraq?

[TedCheshireAcad]

All your joke are old to us.

Re:Uruks from Iraq?

[Nept]

Frodo: But he was destroyed. Saddam was destroyed.
Gandalf: No, Frodo. The spirit of Saddam endured. His life force is bound to his weapons and the oil survived. Saddam has returned. His Orcs have multiplied. His fortress of Baghdad-dur is rebuilt in the land of Mordor. Saddam needs only these weapons to cover all the lands with a second darkness. He is seeking it, seeking it, all his thought is bent on it.

Contratulations, you won my auction! Item #343223

[sjonke]

Dear sadam33. Contratulations! You won my ebay auction for a genuine nuclear missile including certificate of authenticity. Item #343223. Send your money order and your address and I'll ship it out to you pronto. You asked about my feedback - it's true that I have no feedback yet, but this is simply because I had to make a new account: last week I tried to auction off my copy of Microsoft Office XP and ebay killed it and my account.

Ollie

Does anyone see the humour in:

[Anonymous Coward]

At the bottom of the homepage of the Iraqi national ISP there is the familiar message:

"This site is best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer at 800x600."

Damn, even despotic Middle Eastern regimes use Internet Explorer!

If it was not for the UN sanctions

[diatonic]

perhaps Saddam could aquire the technology to keep his servers from succumbing to the slashdot effect.

Re:Fake?

[tx_mgm]

most hated man in america for several years running? i think not.
about a year ago, the most hated man in america was, without a doubt, another mid-eastern man.
and he probably still should be, too.
but hey, since we can't find him, lets listen to dubya and go finish daddy's business so we can get that pesky economy off of our minds!
*end sarcasm*

Re:Hoax?

[bhsx]

It's not over yet! The 0.1% of those who voted for "Not Saddam" are calling for a recount of the Floridastan votes.

Some people just have no sense...

[coupland]

The part I thought most comical was the people writing to warn him that the CIA would be after him and to exercise caution, or with ideas on how to win a war. Yes, I'm sure Saddam fired off a hardcopy of that e-mail, brought it to his War Ministry and they all read it in awe.

"By the grace of Almighty Allah, skater601@aol.com has shown us the road to salvation!"

Jeez, people can be so dumb...

/. is a weapon of mass destruction....

[Ashurbanipal]

...that we have now loosed on Iraq's feeble Internet connection.

Re:Hoax?

[blitziod]

they are called saddam's little helpers!

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Re:Free weather service

[BoneFlower]

Reminds me of a joke about Afghanistan:

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Re:Still vulnerable?

[daeley]

What are their sysadmin waiting to shut down 110/8383? Wake up!

Somehow, I doubt they're sleeping, nor their families, except in the morbid, metaphorical sense of 'to sleep' that Hamlet uses in his soliloquy. :)

President Skroob

[Junior J. Junior III]

That's incredible! I have that same combination on my luggage!

Official Body Count!

[EggplantMan]

Deaths directly linked to the (mis)use of:
IIs : 1
Apache : 0

Is using IIs really worth the risk? Please, think before you deploy IIs.

The password is...

[jabber01]

1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5..

Same as the code on G.W. Bush's luggage.

Re:WMD

[CodeJudge]

Heh, or as political satirist Mark Russell said last week:

"The notion of inspection looking for WMDs is ludicrous. The United States knows *exactly* what WMDs Iraq has: we still have the receipts!"

bah-dum bum

Re:Still vulnerable?

[tswinzig]

Side note, it's funny to see that they are running an american OS and mail software..

Yes, astoundingly they didn't feel like using anything from the huge Iraqi software market!

New way to combat spammers..

[James_G]

Saddam's inbox also contained several solicitations from American companies hoping to do business with Iraq -- despite U.S. prohibitions and United Nations trade sanctions.

To: Saddam, Subject: MAKE MONEY FAST!!!
To: Saddam, Subject: Generic Viagra! $2.50 each!
To: Saddam, Subject: Increase your penis size!

Wouldn't it be so nice to close down spammers because they're breaching UN trade sanctions? Maybe you could even get them charged with treason.. Muahahaha

No wonder he hasn't replied.

[C60]

I've been trying to get ahold of him for weeks now.

Re:Here is the WHOIS note contact ama_72@yahoo.com

[zephc]

it means that MS supports terrorists! Or... something... :-D

if I were the hax0r..

[Suppafly]

If I were the one that hacked his inbox, I think I would have sent emails to all of his followers telling them to kill themselves.. or maybe I just would have taunted the rest of the world with email riddles and chain letters.

Cool new pre-emptive framing technology.

[bareman]

Sweet! Now we can email [plant] "evidence" to people to prove that they are guilty.

This is so much easier than going on TV to call them bad names. "Axis of Evil".

Man, if they receive bad emails they must be bad.

This just in... We've just received word that email evidence proves that the president is having an affair with a barely 18 year old girl named Tiffany.

Saddam as a unix user?

[Choachy]

SunOS 5.6

login: joshua
password: joshua
Last login: Mon Dec 25 2000 00:29:33

You are logged onto sandbox.uruklink.net.
Unauthorized access to this system will result in shooting, stoning, or hanging.

Mon Oct 28 16:36:42 EST 2002 /export/home3/iraq/saddam
sandbox% ls
mail public_html games

sandbox% cd games /export/home3/iraq/saddam/games

sandbox% global_thermonuclear_war
global_thermonuclear_war : Command not found

sandbox% global_thermonuclear_war
global_thermonuclear_war : Command not found

sandbox% global_thermonuclear_war
global_thermonuclear_war : Command not found

sandbox% @#$*&(@^#
@#$*&(@^#: Command not found

sandbox% exit

Connection to host lost.

Tremble before our might

[Porag_Spliffing]

And suffer this righteous slashdotting. What a weapon of mas destruction we wield.

Damn, what is the net coming to when I can't even login to saddams email.

BTW, chem & bio can not be weapons of mass destruction, mass is conserved in both, only nuke is mass destruction.

hmm

[mr. sleepy]

I first read this as, "Saddam's X-Box Hacked", and I can't stop laughing.

Now if we can just get into bush's inbox

[NZlinux]

Then we could find out who is the most stupid.