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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.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: anonymous; hacking; napl; syria; tech
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To: rarestia
Sounds like Anonymous went to plaid.
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posted on
02/08/2012 10:59:23 AM PST
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JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: Berlin_Freeper
I remember the combo from my H.S. padlock —> 36-2-36. Easy to remember !
To: smoothsailing
Anonymous Hacks Syrian President’s Email. The Password: 12345"D'oh!" - Neal Puckett
To: Berlin_Freeper
2112
Great album
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posted on
02/08/2012 12:03:22 PM PST
by
The Louiswu
(Pray for America)
To: Berlin_Freeper
o/~ And the meek shall inherit the earrrrrrth. o/~
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posted on
02/08/2012 2:50:44 PM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Which proves that Stuxnet was just a coverup for embarrassing password 123ABC.
To: Lauren BaRecall
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posted on
02/08/2012 11:43:56 PM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: rarestia
They did it for the lulz...
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posted on
02/09/2012 9:53:48 AM PST
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BJClinton
(10 years ago we had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash. Now we have no jobs, no hope and no cash.)
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