FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords • Hacker News Board

Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords

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Post by sonnyhe2002 » Sat, Oct 20, 2012, 5:36 PM UTC

So 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?

Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords

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Post by UnoriginalGuy » Sat, Oct 20, 2012, 5:36 PM UTC

This is what you get for encouraging just one type of password strength (i.e. character set) while almost ignoring another (i.e. length).

For example I bet this wouldn't pass the FBI's requirements:

- Clowns with clown makeup

But this would:

- password123

Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords

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Post by dsr12 » Sat, Oct 20, 2012, 5:38 PM UTC

Were these passwords stored as plain text? Is there more info on how the hackers got hold of these?

Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords

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Post by lumberjack » Sat, Oct 20, 2012, 5:39 PM UTC

Rough estimate, about a 1/3 of the passwords can be easily cracked.

Of the rest, some are human inputted for sure but some seem randomly generated.

Can I venture guess that some weak accounts are pretty trivial and the important one's are using randomly generated passwords? Yes it's still bad practice, weak link and all that. I'm not condoning such practice.

Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords

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Post by madmaze » Sat, Oct 20, 2012, 5:40 PM UTC

These passwords look a bit suspect.. it seems like some are forced to have very complicated passwords while others do not. Interesting to note, Timothy Lauster is on this list and was a person associated with the FBI call anonymous leaked.

See: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399817,00.asp

Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords

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Post by madmaze » Sat, Oct 20, 2012, 5:42 PM UTC

spoiledtechie wrote: post #10

mintplant wrote: post #5

Any actual, verifiable proof?

Do you live outside the US and can you go to an Internet Cafe?

I would hope by now they have locked out all those accounts and pulled the server.. but on the other hand its a government agency we are talking about =)

Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords

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Post by spoiledtechie » Sat, Oct 20, 2012, 5:48 PM UTC

madmaze wrote: post #16

spoiledtechie wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you live outside the US and can you go to an Internet Cafe?

I would hope by now they have locked out all those accounts and pulled the server.. but on the other hand its a government agency we are talking about =)

Was posted on a Thursday Afternoon. Govt works dead slow.. So don't expect them to be locked out till Wednesday?

Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords

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Post by spoiledtechie » Sat, Oct 20, 2012, 5:49 PM UTC

dsr12 wrote: post #13

Were these passwords stored as plain text? Is there more info on how the hackers got hold of these?

yes they were.

Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords

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Post by tomjen3 » Sat, Oct 20, 2012, 5:50 PM UTC

dsr12 wrote: post #13

Were these passwords stored as plain text? Is there more info on how the hackers got hold of these?

I very much doubt that any of the complex passwords were bruteforced.

Re: FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords

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Post by mrmattyboy » Sat, Oct 20, 2012, 5:50 PM UTC

I 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!