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Australian Police Database Lacked Root Password

Posted by kdawson on from the kick-me dept.

Concerned Citizen writes "The Australian Federal Police database has been hacked, although 'hacked' might be too strong a word for what happens when someone gains access to a MySQL database with no root password. Can you be charged with breaking and entering a house that has the door left wide open? Maybe digital trespassing is a better term for this situation. 'These dipshits are using an automatic digital forensics and incident response tool,' the hacker wrote. 'All of this [hacking] had been done within 30-40 minutes. Could of [sic] been faster if I didn't stop to laugh so much.'"

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  1. Grammar nazi alert by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    could HAVE

    1. Re:Grammar nazi alert by bunratty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      What is it that they could of had?

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      What a fool believes, he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.
    2. Re:Grammar nazi alert by bunratty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      What is it?

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      What a fool believes, he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.
  2. Insertion fix by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "It could of [course have] been faster if I hadn't stopped to laugh so much."

    1. Re:Insertion fix by bunratty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Well, yeah, you could have beans faster if you don't stop to laugh so much. I guess you could have anything faster if you don't stop to laugh so much. I doubt that anyone will stop to laugh at this lame joke though.

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      What a fool believes, he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.