Hacked Syrian Officials Used '12345' As Email Password

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Hacked Syrian Officials Used '12345' As Email Password

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 9, 2012 @03:25PM from the I've-got-the-same-combination-on-my-luggage dept.

Nominei writes "The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that the Syrian President, aides and staffers had their email hacked by Anonymous, who leaked hundreds of emails online. Reportedly, many of the accounts used the password '12345' (which their IT department probably warned them to change when the accounts got set up, of course)."

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That's amazing by Anamelech · 2012-02-09 15:26 · Score: 5, Funny

I've got the same combination on my luggage!
1. Re:That's amazing by LoverOfJoy · 2012-02-09 15:29 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  It wouldn't surprise me if another anonymous hacker beat them to it and changed their addresses to 12345 for the lulz.
2. Re:That's amazing by cashman73 · 2012-02-09 15:34 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I wonder if their President is surrounded by assholes, too?
3. Re:That's amazing by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-09 16:39 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  In this case, the President is an asshole, too.
  Well, yes. If you draw a Venn diagram of assholes and presidents, I am fairly certain that the latter is wholly contained within the former.
4. Re:That's amazing by basecastula+ · 2012-02-09 18:50 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Told my friend this story in mcdonalds. He said his dad had the same combo on his briefcase of contraband.
5. Re:That's amazing by Devout2 · 2012-02-09 22:18 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  He's not insulting them, he's just saying they're not well suited to lead a homo sapiens nation.
6. Re:That's amazing by bosef1 · 2012-02-10 01:06 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Oh, I see how it works. Sure, you let them clean your clothes, serve your food, teach your children. Heck, you'll even let them represent you politically (I've lived in DC, I've seen Congress). But the minute they display the first inkling of self-respect and self-organization, it's "Neanderthals aren't 'smart' enough", "Neanderthals are another species", "Neanderthals are extinct".
  I see how it works, alright. You're afraid. Afraid to come out of your shell and admit your true feelings. It's easy enough to hate, but you're just to afraid... to love.
7. Re:That's amazing by BinarySolo · 2012-02-10 06:10 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Maybe he's just trying to properly convey that this situation is no laughing matter.
Only 12345? by froggymana · 2012-02-09 15:31 · Score: 5, Funny

I thought that everyone knew to use at least 123456 as their password. After all that increases its security by an order of magnitude!

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IT did warn them by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-09 15:32 · Score: 5, Funny

then the IT guy got taken into the alley and shot in the head for his impudence.
1. Re:IT did warn them by HSonger · 2012-02-09 15:48 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The IT group probably forgot to install the Unicode language pack on their machines so the only Arabic they could put in were numerals.
2. Re:IT did warn them by mjwx · 2012-02-09 16:33 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The IT guy was then shot again, for his incompetence.
  
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BAD PASSWORD: it is too simplistic/systematic by hcs_$reboot · 2012-02-09 16:25 · Score: 3, Funny

No, 12345 is actually a very complex password for Bashar al-Assad.

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Syrians? by spidercoz · 2012-02-09 16:29 · Score: 1, Funny

Oh shit. There goes the planet.

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Re:12345 by ceoyoyo · 2012-02-09 16:30 · Score: 5, Funny

Or a couple of NSA agents looking at each other and saying "shit, I've got to go change my password."
Re:Incredibly stupid by ceoyoyo · 2012-02-09 16:34 · Score: 4, Funny

Well, it was their own e-mail....
Speaking of which, people who don't put objects in their sentences shouldn't even have written them. ;)
Hacker walk of shame by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-09 17:45 · Score: 4, Funny

As the hacker saw much to his horror that the Syrian President's e-mail password was indeed 12345 he tried to break the connection but it was too late. Word had spread and all knew that his most important hack was one that a five year old could have bested. A week later the hacker was found with a gun in his mouth and the numbers "12345" scrawled across his walls. His last e-mail was a simple "Who uses 12345 as a password!" Other hackers said that it was a tragedy that he would be remembered for one lame hack. Word came later that day that the Syrian President had beefed up security by using his son's name as his current password. Hackers world wide turned away in disgust and refused to stoop to hacking some one that lacked even basic internet skills.
Some turned their attention to hacking President Obama's e-mail until it was found he used the password "Romneysucksballs". No hacker would dignify such a password with a hack. Later that day it was revealed that Bill Gates used "stevejobsisaweiner" as his password but most knew this was the case since the late 90s.
Re:Mine is 54321 by goombah99 · 2012-02-09 19:25 · Score: 5, Funny

Fool! passwords need to be 8 digits at least. Mine is 1234567891011 It goes to 11, for extra security.

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Re:12345 by ArundelCastle · 2012-02-09 20:02 · Score: 5, Funny

The Papal and Italian agencies turn to their roots for cipher strength: IIIIIIIVV