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Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest Accounts Hacked (thestack.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Saudi Arabian hacking group OurMine yesterday claimed responsibility for the defacement of Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts, claiming additionally that the Facebook CEO re-used the very low-security password 'dadada' across the accounts. The hack was facilitated by the 2012 data breach of unsalted LinkedIn passwords, offered for sale by hacker 'peace' last month at an equivalent price in Bitcoin of approximately $2,200.The aforementioned group said to have hacked Zuckerberg's Instagram account as well, a claim that has since been refuted by a Facebook spokesperson. Zuckerberg's Google+ account remains intact if you're wondering.
As in "Da Da Da," by Trio?
I have worked in so many places where the most powerful executives in the company have had either no passwords or "dadada" style passwords. The interesting thing about this is that the execs who have access to the most secret information in the company are the ones who insist on the no-password policy.
Not to go too far off topic, but this is why I'm not as concerned with the Clinton email scandal as most people. Everyone who's done IT work for executives know that executives break every single rule IT makes to make their lives easier. Whether it's no passwords, letting their staff use their accounts and log in for them, or running an email server in their basement, I've seen most of this. I've definitely seen the basement email server thing around the time the iPhone was becoming popular and Apple hadn't fully integrated Exchange support in yet.