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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. 12345 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1, 2, 3, 4, 5? That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!

  2. Brace yourserlves... by abednegoyulo · · Score: -1, Redundant

    the "I've got the same combination on my luggage!" posts are coming....

  3. Spaceballs by lanner · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Really. I'm the first person to post this?

    This is commonly known as the "spaceballs password"

    I used to work with a CISSP who would regularly staff passwords over the phone and give "123pass" and use the spaceballs password. Ever since then, I've not had a lot of respect for the CISSP. The guy was an idiot.

  4. Re:Only 12345? by iggymanz · · Score: 1, Redundant

    oh no, eight is the minimum recommended length. 12345678 is the shortest secure password you should be using. or qwertyui. wait, please don't use that second one, it's my paypal password