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Anonymous Hacks Greek Finance Ministry, Finds "123456" Is Password For 37% Of All User Accounts
While we have yet to go through the thousands of files that hacker collective Anonymous has just released as a result of its hack of the Greek Finance Ministry, an exploit it described as follows: "We gained full access to the Greek Ministry of Finance. Those funky IBM servers don't look so safe now, do they... We have new guns in our arsenal. A sweet 0day SAP exploit is in our hands and oh boy we're gonna sploit the hell out of it. Respectz to izl the dog for that perl candy," what we find even more amusing, if not surprising, is that of the 136 username accounts Anonymous hacked, the password of precisely 50 of them, or some 37% of all workers, is.... 123456 (full list here).
That, together with this archival picture of the inside of the Athens Finance Ministry, explains much more about the current and future state of Greek affairs, than any idiotic Troika/IMF forecast ever could.
As for those curious just what secrets the chaotic finance ministry of the Eurozone's most insolvent country holds, the downloads are available here and here.
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Why put time into a complex hash password -- there's nothing to protect anyway.
I bet a bunch of Eastern European bank-fraud bots have broken in and found that the Greek accounts actually sucked money OUT of theirs!
i'm actually impressed. i wouldn't think it would be more than a four character pw.
yikes, I need to change the combination on my luggage.
Hey, how did they find my ZH account password...
And change the password on my luggage! damn, beaten to the punch.
I'm surprised they even had passwords. "Greek Finance Ministry" is an oxymoron.
IBM... Let's all build a smarter planet...
Which makes one wonder if a smarter planet would continue to hire ridiculously overpriced technology consultants.
thanksalot, zh
now the rest of my day is shot
beginning with hackers
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=angelina+jolie+hackers
What is Anonymous so proud of?
They simply found the combination to an empty safe.
Big deal.
Here is a real challenge.
Find out what gold the US really has in its vaults.
I agree, for someone to hack into an already broke nation's website isn't something worth mentioning. I bet it isn't even the Anonymous who did it, not that he read absolutewealth articles to know about its financial state, but really, what did he thought he'd find there?
And who taught those lazy retards how to type?
Hey! Wait a minute! What are Romney's Binders full of women doing sitting in shopping carts in Athens!? The plot thickens ...
Right, I wouldn't think they could afford six characters. That should have been cut with the austerity measures.
Betcha their files are packed with porn, capital escape plans to Switzerland, and how to reroute funds to Uncle Alexandros's gyros stand in downtown Stuttgart.
Someone should ask what the black swan was.
numbers don't mean anything in Greece.
You owe me a keyboard...
Ah, but username = YDE114 was an incredibly brilliant fellow
password = 654321
Very Stealthy, Kaspersky would be envious.
You just cracked the other 63% of the passwords. Congratulations.
This person gets a gold star...
username=MKOTSINONOU password=123
123456 will be their % of Debt-to-GDP by the time everything is said and done.
Now the Passwords have all been changed to 987654. Shh don't tell anyone.
> there's nothing to protect anyway.
does that mean that greeks just bend over and wait?
Remind me to change the combination on my luggage
That sounds like the combination an idiot would have on his matched luggage
I clicked no this story expecting to find a Spaceballs reference...so +1...!
That's incredible! I have the same combination on my luggage!
Soon we will be combing the dessert for gold and silver:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtkK3eijBso
this is the scene... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iW-8xPw3k
US unemployment - blame Sandy
Greece leaving Euro - blame Anon
123456 ... BULLSHIT! ... No government worker - anywhere - can count that high!
+1000 LOL
Actually some can. For instance, the Bernank's password is a combination of the print and infinity keys. But Greek keyboards apparently don't have those keys.
Yellow sticky note on screen.
I have seen those show on AETV, /hoarders
This is turning out to be quite the amusing 'lil Friday, isn't it.
MA, I'M OUTTA POPCORN!!!!
I would have some here myself, but it looks as if there was a popcorn run based on the rumor that Bloomberg was about to ban it to prevent popcorn lung. Too bad "head in the Ass" disease with all of the politiicans won't be prevented anytime soon.
"Sitting on a park bench.
Eying vendor carts, with bad intent.
Lying in the soda hut.
Watching everyone with jumbo cups!
Hey Popcorn Lung!"
<furious flute solo>
Jethro Tull anthem to Mayor Bloomberg: Thick And A Prick
654321 would have been more appropriate, the countdown to default is still ticking...
That picture is definitely Sandy's fault.
It's from the archives, so actually Bush's fault.
So, they have full access to all the bounced checks and negative accounts?
Nice - should've tried it when they actually had money.
I think this recent hack, as well as the picture, really point to the overall incompetence of an all seeing and all knowing government. The more of us that ignore these fucks that claim to be our kings, the quicker the bitch burns down.
i pray anonymous is working on the formula to disable the drones which are heading our way
Doesn't surprise me a bit. I worked in IT for a $6Bn company where the CEO refused to even have a password and where he managed lose 3 laptops 'in the wild'. It's not like they'll be held accountable or anything...
For the record, I have always felt NSA staffers Anonymous are under appreciated, attractive, intelligent, and funny.
Did you know the Anonymous wikileaks project is called Tyler?
This should reveal a lot of interesting goodies. Just in time for the Troika to review their final report draft! I hope it finds more lies and surprises, this country needs to be allowed to default... although we all know they will instead drag it out for years and never let them go until a party with balls and brains gets elected!
I'm impressed...I didn't think they could make it that complicated.
Ludicrous speed, bitchez!!!!
always use -1-2-3-4 nobody ever guesses negative numbers
Homer's Odessey, The enlightenment, all the gifts to civilization from the Greek People and society, and now at their "pennacle" of attainment and modern progressivism, and now ........
37% of the guys that take care of the money and financing for Greece use 12345 as a password.
Brilliant!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THbhE8pu0MM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DPKf7y1F-Q&feature=related
I knew the Spaceball clips would be getting zinged around! lol
They've gone from suck to blow!
654321 - super-secret and secure password. Who could ever figure this one out?
Numbers are such a hassle to type, wouldn't "asdfjkl;" be easier?
That's nothing. At the German Ministry of Finance it's 99999
And in France its 69696969
At the FED it's 666666
Poor Greece. I'd imagine real heads will roll soon, I am wondering who's though.
The Knights of Malta are going to be pissed. That was their slush fund...
I wonder if Ferris Bueller snuck in and changed all their numbers?
Voila! Greece is saved.
pods
That reminds me of the movie "Brazil", when the guy hacks into the mainframe that has all the government records of every citizen, he only erases two records, instead of just wiping the whole system.
Have you seen the lawyers fees in those docs? They are eye-watering.
Why am I not surprised?
Wonder how many were "god", "sex", "admin" or better yet "password"
10 Most Commonly Used Passwords Online
1. password
2. 123456
3. qwerty
4. abc123
5. letmein
6. monkey
7. myspace1
8. password1
9. blink182
10. (your first name)
password1 seems easy and yet impenetrable, maybe I will start using it!
blink182 -- WTF, where'd that one come from?
Long time no see, hope all is well.
Oh dude!
I have seen SQL servers with blank passwords for admins: Login: SA , Password:
Because that's a best practice.
It wouldn't be the default if it wasn't a best practice. The vendors know what's best for you.
Dumpsters don't need password protection...
hahahaha....
Boner says no cliff. Just a long downward slope
I am pretty sure it is the next debt target in millions.
123OPA!
Funny how they never hack anything worth hacking...............
Sure that's not the account balance?
Any doubts the same is happening here in state/federal offices? That's one of two passwords the majority of gov workers can remember (the other one is using user name as a password).
Who cares about Greece, when they hack the FED I'll be duly impressed... And interested.
Reminds me how Hugh Jackman hacked the FBI site in "Sword Fish" + he got a free blowjob.
I thought they would use a Blow Fish encryption of some sort... I WAS SO WRONG!
umm, i hope this article isnt real and its just a Friday joke... otherwise the world is more screwed than I thought, and that is saying something.
HA! They missed one.. It was 1234567atenine
even their passwords are lazy!
Today's quizz : How many spiderman towels are hidden in the picture above and held as AAA collateral?
I know for a fact that photo came from the Los Angeles County Assessors office.
Makes you wonder why 6. Must be a left hand keyboard thing.
Just so many VPNs, US social security numbers as well as security passwords are held in Indian outsourcing companies. Seems like a goldmine for international criminals.
Even US government agencies have private info in India.
Who needs passwords when you can virtually track every phone/data[input-output] call [reach out and tell me about yourself] in the world? What's that you say ;-)>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdocs
Freeing Julian Assange from spreading lies about the Truth!!! @ USSA/???
ref: *Recently in Obama Administration Category
attn: ** The pursuit of Julian Assange is an assault of freedom and a mockery of Journalism! (rowan 9/19/12)
http://www.uncommonthought.com/mtblog/archives/cat_obama_administration.php
thankyou tyler
The files are quite interesting, if you know to read kyril letters
I wonder why the padding is rubbed off that chair.
Those accounts are all fake anyway, just fake persons collecting salary for a few real people.