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European Space Agency Records Leaked For Amusement, Attackers Say (csoonline.com)
itwbennett writes: A weekend data breach at the European Space Agency (ESA) by hackers calling themselves "Anonymous" has resulted in the release of 8,107 names, email addresses, and passwords of ESA supporters and researchers. "The leaked data highlights a troubling problem with regard to passwords used on the compromised domains," writes CSO's Steve Ragan. "Of the 8,107 passwords exposed, 39 percent (3,191) of them were just three characters long (e.g. 'esa', '469', '136', etc.)."
AFAIK, in Canada, banks require five numbers. It's 25% more secure!
European Space Agency Records Leaked For Amusement, Attackers Say
Bruce Wayne: Targeting me won't get their money back. I knew the mob wouldn't go down without a fight, but this is different. They crossed the line.
Alfred Pennyworth: You crossed the line first, sir. You squeezed them, you hammered them to the point of desperation. And in their desperation, they turned to a man they didn't fully understand.
Bruce Wayne: Criminals aren't complicated, Alfred. Just have to figure out what he's after.
Alfred Pennyworth: With respect Master Wayne, perhaps this is a man that *you* don't fully understand, either. A long time ago, I was in Burma. My friends and I were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So, we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never met anybody who traded with him. One day, I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away.
Bruce Wayne: So why steal them?
Alfred Pennyworth: Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
ISIS deserves to be hacked because they are out there killing innocent people.
Trump, for all the stupid things he's said, has not committed a crime. The moment you start dehumanizing people who haven't committed a crime, deciding that it's OK to do bad things to them just because you disagree with them, and they're not worthy of the same rights and protections you give to people you agree with, you've started using the same reasoning ISIS uses to justify what they do.
The acid test for supporting the First Amendment isn't whether you'll stand up to defend the right of people you agree with to speak their opinion. It's whether you'll stand up to defend the right of people saying things you find reprehensible to speak their opinion. When I was growing up, the concept behind the First Amendment was often summarized as, "I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." At some point this has morphed into, "I disagree with what I say, and I will do everything I can to stop you from saying it as long as I don't get in trouble for it." That's a very dangerous slippery slope to start sliding down.