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Hacked Syrian Officials Used '12345' As Email Password

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. That's amazing by Anamelech · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've got the same combination on my luggage!

    1. Re:That's amazing by cashman73 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I wonder if their President is surrounded by assholes, too?

    2. Re:That's amazing by bosef1 · · 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.

  2. Only 12345? by froggymana · · 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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  3. IT did warn them by Anonymous Coward · · 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 · · 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 · · Score: 5, Funny

      The IT guy was then shot again, for his incompetence.

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  4. Re:12345 by ceoyoyo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or a couple of NSA agents looking at each other and saying "shit, I've got to go change my password."

  5. Re:Mine is 54321 by goombah99 · · 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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  6. Re:12345 by ArundelCastle · · Score: 5, Funny

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