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Anonymous Hacks Syrian President; His Password Was 12345
If we're honest, many of us are likely guilty of using sub-par passwords. However, chances are, if we were hacked, no one but us would have to know about it. The same can't be said for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, who is facing public ridicule after his account was compromised.
It seems al-Assad recently became the target of web hactivist group Anonymous; the group managed to successfully hack into his email account this week. That said, we imagine the job was something of a bore for Anonymous, which just last week revealed that it had managed to eavesdrop on a phone call between Scotland Yard and the FBI. After all, it can't have taken much hacking prowess to access an account protected with the world's second weakest password: 12345. To make matters worse, Anonymous was also able to access 78 accounts belonging to al-Assad's staff, with 33 of them using the same 12345 or 123456 passwords.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Anonymous-Syrian-president-email-password-leaked-hacked,14663.html
If we're honest, many of us are likely guilty of using sub-par passwords. However, chances are, if we were hacked, no one but us would have to know about it. The same can't be said for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, who is facing public ridicule after his account was compromised.
It seems al-Assad recently became the target of web hactivist group Anonymous; the group managed to successfully hack into his email account this week. That said, we imagine the job was something of a bore for Anonymous, which just last week revealed that it had managed to eavesdrop on a phone call between Scotland Yard and the FBI. After all, it can't have taken much hacking prowess to access an account protected with the world's second weakest password: 12345. To make matters worse, Anonymous was also able to access 78 accounts belonging to al-Assad's staff, with 33 of them using the same 12345 or 123456 passwords.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Anonymous-Syrian-president-email-password-leaked-hacked,14663.html
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Syrian PM's e-mail account hacked, password? 12345. (Original Post)
Initech
Feb 2012
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Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)1. Every time I try to use that password,
I am nagged to have at least 8 characters, with at least one letter and at least one number, and sometimes I have to add a symbol, and sometimes I have to use capital letters and small cap letters.
How did he pull that one off???
drm604
(16,230 posts)3. Not all email software enforces rules like that.
drm604
(16,230 posts)2. Part of my job is to create email accounts for new users.
I always give them passwords that consist of a randomly generated string of letters and numbers. This article is a good example of why.
That said: