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FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords
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Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords
#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's one ilovemydaughternancy with no spaces. Why would you want spaces?
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Wouldn't it make it harder to remember which places accept a password with spaces and which don't? I already have trouble remembering which sites require long passwords and which require shorter ones.
Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords
#73A lot of these are good. Some not so much... passwords123 passwored12 password$qwerty qwertylol@me passwords123456 password123 password111111
Not a single sentence, can it be that they allow characters like ( and % but not whitespace? Boggles my mind that people don't use more sentences.
Look at the difference in time when using a simple 'helloworld' password with and without spaces. https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm
Also, for some more reading on why using spaces will make it infinitely more difficult for hackers to try and gain access: http://www.baekdal.com/insights/password-security-usability
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#74I'm sure this comment will be heavily downvoted but I read several times that FBI and similar agencies were 7 years ahead in terms of technology including security of systems. I didn't believe in those quotes and every time a situation like this happens I'm more convinced that they are no more advanced than the big companies (Microsoft, Mozilla...) and depend heavily on the updates released by those companies every w…
If my experience having worked closely with local government IT, also applies to the FBI (I would bet it does). Then they, just like any technology in the public sector, is usually 10 years behind in technology compared to the private sector. They're just mostly bored undertrained people, with no real incentives to do a good job. Who would rather play office politics to raise chances of getting promotion, than to lea…
How would you know if a unit test fails, if the program doesn't compile?
Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords
#75Am I the only one surprised that 8.8.8.8 is also Google's Public DNS address?
Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
fired? seriously?
Would we be surprised if someone got fired from Google or Microsoft for making internal information readily available to the first idiot who tried?
Google and Microsoft build systems that don't allow weak passwords. Security is a process, not a person.
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#77I don't like this being listed on ycombinator. I have now just gone to a site with all the passwords on, I was expecting an article about it. I do not like the fact that I have just browsed that page!
Maybe I'm very naive but I have a hard time imagining one would get into trouble by browsing such a list now that it's in the open. Thousands of people are browsing this list right now....
Agencies deflect blame from the sources by harassing the messengers and recipients.
Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords
#78So where do we sign in to validate this works? Purely for research purposes. Not saying I want to sign in another person's account, but just out of curiosity, where do we sign in?
Facebook, banks, etc. I'd venture that some of these people's personal accounts are compromised by the leak.
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#79This is definitely fake! I did some simple googling and found this : http://leakster.net/leaks/fbimail
It seems someone else already did this hack and these guys simply copy-pasted the passwords to make it look like their hack. Apparently, these copy-pasters are The Hackers Army from Pakistan.