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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:57:21 PST</pubDate>
<title>Syrian President's Email Hacked... His Password Was 12345</title>
<dc:creator>Mike Masnick</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ Well, this is rather incredible.  With the news that Anonymous hacked the offices of the Syrian President and dumped a ton of emails online... comes the news that the hack was insanely easy.  Why?  Because, apparently, <a href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/report-assads-office-hacked-password-was-12345" target="_blank">the password was 12345</a>.  No joke.  Of course, that's considered one of the <a href="http://www.whatsmypass.com/the-top-500-worst-passwords-of-all-time" target="_blank">worst passwords of all time</a>.  And, as pointed out by <a href="http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg06419.html" target="_blank">Lauren Weinstein</a>, this is the exact same password that was immortalized by Dark Helmet (the original one, rather than our <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/user/ronalddumsfeld">local Techdirt</a> hero) as being the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iW-8xPw3k&#038;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">stupidest password he's ever heard</a> -- and the "kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!"
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