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Anonymous Hacks Syrian President’s Email. The Password: 12345
Mashable ^ | Tuesday, February 7, 2012 | Zoe Fox

Posted on 02/08/2012 8:22:20 AM PST by rarestia

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been under fire from world leaders to step down this week. He’s also under fire from hacktivist group Anonymous, who leaked hundreds of his office’s emails on Monday.

While Anonymous is infamous for its hacking know-how, it doesn’t take a genius computer programmer to guess one of the passwords commonly used by Assad’s office accounts: 12345. The string of consecutive numbers is the second-weakest password according to a 2011 study.

(Excerpt) Read more at mashable.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: anonymous; hacking; napl; syria; tech
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This is just... this is amusing. I needed a good laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iW-8xPw3k

1 posted on 02/08/2012 8:22:31 AM PST by rarestia
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To: rarestia
I've got the same combination on my luggage!
2 posted on 02/08/2012 8:24:07 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia

WOW! He’s every bit as smart as he looks!


3 posted on 02/08/2012 8:25:52 AM PST by null and void (Day 1115 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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To: rarestia
LOL. Never seen such stupid fascists.


Yemeni opposition calls govt. to expel Syrian ambassador
Februeary 5, 2012
[...]
The people in Syria are being subjected to genocide by the Al-Asad fascist Syrian regime and the world has to take immediate responsibility for the ...
http://yemenonline.info/news-2851.html

Continue reading on Examiner.com Syria’s Bashar al-Assad’s National Massacre - Los Angeles City Buzz | Examiner.com
Massacring regime protesters around the country, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad walks a fine line between fascism and genocide.
http://www.examiner.com/city-buzz-in-los-angeles/syria-s-bashar-al-assad-s-national-massacre

As Iraq crumbles, Washington turns its sights on Syria - News - Stripes
Apr 11, 2003
In a recent speech, former CIA director James Woolsey called Syria’s “fascist” regime an enemy of the United States. American Enterprise Institute scholar Michael Ledeen wrote that “It’s time to bring down the other terror masters,” a reference to Syria and Iran.
http://www.stripes.com/news/as-iraq-crumbles-washington-turns-its-sights-on-syria-1.4098

4 posted on 02/08/2012 8:26:39 AM PST by Milagros (Y)
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To: null and void

Apparently, you don’t have to be smart to be a ruthless Third World dictator...


5 posted on 02/08/2012 8:28:02 AM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers ("No. But I will.")
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To: rarestia
DANG! Beat me to it!


6 posted on 02/08/2012 8:28:34 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: rarestia

I have a TSA lock I use for the gym. the combo is 0-0-0, or the default combination.


7 posted on 02/08/2012 8:32:08 AM PST by Perdogg
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To: rarestia
Hail screwb!

CC

8 posted on 02/08/2012 8:43:39 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (Wisdom comes from experience. Experience comes from a lack of wisdom.)
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To: rarestia

*LOL* I was thinking of that scene from “Spaceballs” as well.


9 posted on 02/08/2012 8:55:32 AM PST by Above My Pay Grade
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To: smoothsailing; RedRover

Did you see this?

/facepalm


10 posted on 02/08/2012 8:59:52 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: rarestia
绷≮℃¤ビㄠ‰
11 posted on 02/08/2012 9:01:04 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: rarestia
Reminds me of Feynman and his fiddling around with combination locks at the Los Alamos project.

He could figure out the combo of any locked safe there rather swiftly. Some officer had a special safe installed and he bragged to Feynman that THIS one he couldn't open - but didn't give him a chance. When the officer left and forgot to leave behind the combination for the lock - Feynman was excited to meet the Base locksmith they sent to open it - especially when he saw he opened it in NO TIME AT ALL.

The funny thing was Mr. “I have a special safe for MY stuff” never reset it from the factory combo of 0-0-0-1 or whatever.

12 posted on 02/08/2012 9:05:28 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: Slings and Arrows; ShadowAce

LOL!!!


13 posted on 02/08/2012 9:11:36 AM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Lancey Howard; smoothsailing

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Wait—isn’t that my password?


14 posted on 02/08/2012 9:37:56 AM PST by RedRover
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To: rarestia

I can see Obama’s DOJ hack Holder going after this person who dared to hack into Al-Assad’s accounts and may go as far as extradite him to Syria to face charges there !


15 posted on 02/08/2012 9:48:07 AM PST by CORedneck
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To: CORedneck

The DOJ and FBI had their own web servers hacked by Anonymous, and no one’s been made to account for that. Holder couldn’t convict a shoplifter for a pack of gum let alone catch an Anonymous hacker.


16 posted on 02/08/2012 9:53:24 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Lancey Howard; RedRover
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17 posted on 02/08/2012 10:00:30 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; asgardshill; devane617; ...
You're a real Spaceball, Assad.

[Grumblegrumble two people beat me to the joke...]


18 posted on 02/08/2012 10:12:29 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; NYC GOP Chick; ...
You're a real Spaceball, Assad.

[Grumblegrumble two people beat me to the joke...]


19 posted on 02/08/2012 10:13:57 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I still remember the combination lock I had when I was ten, 2112.


20 posted on 02/08/2012 10:36:36 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (NEWT GINGRICH 2012)
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