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Bad Password Allowed Swedish Watergate
fredr1k writes "The Swedish Watergate reported earlier this week was possible because of the usage of terrible weak passwords (Swedish) and a not functional IT policy. The Swedish newspaper Göterborgs-Posten reports the source of the password was a partymember who's account was "sigge" with password "sigge" and was "stolen" in march this year. Seasoned Slashdot readers would call it "a-not-so-hard-to-crack-password". "
Seasoned Slashdot readers would call it "a-not-so-hard-to-crack-password".
I would have thought a snotty-nosed 11-year-old would regard that password as not-so-hard-to-crack. Oh well, nothing to see here, move on please...
I've got the same password on my briefcase!
Let's not forget the user who actually had a decent password.
uid: schef
pwd: mmborkburdyhurdymurdy
Those who believe the Internet is private,
find their privates are on the Internet.
The Swedish newspaper Göterborgs-Posten reports the source of the password was a partymember who's account was "sigge" with password "sigge"
My next password is going to be Göterborgs-Posten.
Try cracking that.
President Nixon: iam!acrook
President Clinton I: hopemyhusbanddoesntfindoutaboutthepassword
President Bush I: anybodybutmysons
President Clinton II: wishmyhusbandtoldmemonicawasbi8yearsago
President Bush II: 12345
President Quayle I: potatoe
Don't blame me for that last one. My password was "colbertstewart2012".
This is a good opportunity to outline a few tips for strong passwords. For example, I use my username twice and the number of states as my password.
Yes, Swedish passwords are weak. We Danes have known this for many years; it is inevitable given that the average number of syllables per word in Swedish is 1.22 (scientific studies have shown it!).
"sigge", a duosyllabic password, is an indication that the user was a member of the upper strata of Swedish society, with Abba and Ace of Base.
(NB: I can handle pissed off Swedes, but not moderators lacking the humor gene)
Blearf. Blearf, I say.
- What's the opposite to firewall? - Watergate
From TFA: Själv tycker han inte att han handskats ovarsamt med sina inloggningsuppgifter. Translation: My hovercraft is full of eels!
Wouldn't that have been more appropriate for Windows Me systems...
mine is 12345. Nobody would ever guess that one. It's a password only an idiot would put on his luggage.
Nö!
Vöilà!
Nöt that that's a wörd, ör anything.
just an analog boy living in a digital age.
Captain: You know what you doing.
Captain: Move 'sigge'.
Captain: For great justice.
Seasoned Slashdot readers probably use zig:zig on BugMeNot and other "social" logins. I guess it just translates different in Sweden, kinda cute even... mental images of the Swedish Chef singing AYB.
I8-D
a møøse once bit my sister ...
Fail to be funny, fail to get the joke, call me humorless.
You're good. ^_^
110100 1101000 1101000 1100110 0 1101111 1101000 1100011 1
My suitcase goes to 11.
True confidence comes not from realising you are as good as your peers, but that your peers are as bad as you are.
but I'm first!!!!
... i wouldnt even attempt to crack it ...
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But then again, that would make it a password that is not so not-so-hard-to-crack-password
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