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Bad Password Allowed Swedish Watergate 248

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:17AM from the thats-why-my-password-is-swordfish dept.

fredr1k writes "The Swedish Watergate reported earlier this week was possible because of the usage of terrible weak passwords (Swedish) and a not functional IT policy. The Swedish newspaper Göterborgs-Posten reports the source of the password was a partymember who's account was "sigge" with password "sigge" and was "stolen" in march this year. Seasoned Slashdot readers would call it "a-not-so-hard-to-crack-password". "

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Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)

by BrokenHalo ( 565198 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:23AM (#16052559)

Seasoned Slashdot readers would call it "a-not-so-hard-to-crack-password".

I would have thought a snotty-nosed 11-year-old would regard that password as not-so-hard-to-crack. Oh well, nothing to see here, move on please...

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Incredible! (Score:5, Funny)

by Guaranteed ( 998819 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:24AM (#16052561)

I've got the same password on my briefcase!

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Effective PW (Score:5, Funny)

by oahazmatt ( 868057 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:24AM (#16052564) Journal

Let's not forget the user who actually had a decent password.

uid: schef
pwd: mmborkburdyhurdymurdy

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Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

by carpeweb ( 949895 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:27AM (#16052593) Journal

Seasoned Slashdot readers
vs.
snotty-nosed 11-year-old

So, why was this not modded redundant??

Aw, c'mon folks, let's laugh at ourselves once in a while ...

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Password (Score:4, Funny)

by Frankie70 ( 803801 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:27AM (#16052600)

The Swedish newspaper Göterborgs-Posten reports the source of the password was a partymember who's account was "sigge" with password "sigge"

My next password is going to be Göterborgs-Posten.
Try cracking that.

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Other passwords of note. (Score:5, Funny)

by Tackhead ( 54550 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:28AM (#16052611)

President Scroob: 12345
President Nixon: iam!acrook
President Clinton I: hopemyhusbanddoesntfindoutaboutthepassword
President Bush I: anybodybutmysons
President Clinton II: wishmyhusbandtoldmemonicawasbi8yearsago
President Bush II: 12345
President Quayle I: potatoe

Don't blame me for that last one. My password was "colbertstewart2012".

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Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

by Rob T Firefly ( 844560 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:34AM (#16052652) Homepage Journal

That rattling sound you hear is everyone on Slashdot changing their passwords at once. [slashdot.org]

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password tips (Score:5, Funny)

by digitalderbs ( 718388 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:37AM (#16052680)

This is a good opportunity to outline a few tips for strong passwords. For example, I use my username twice and the number of states as my password.

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Re:Password (Score:5, Funny)

by grazzy ( 56382 ) writes: <grazzy@quake.sMONETwe.net minus painter> on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:39AM (#16052718) Homepage Journal

Since they spelled Göteborg wrong, yeah, it'll be a damn good password.

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Re:password tips (Score:5, Funny)

by digitalderbs ( 718388 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:39AM (#16052719)

I, digitalderbs, Is a COMPL3TE iDiOT AND MorON!1!!111 OMG.

I also have small reproductive organs!11!

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Swedish passwords (Score:5, Funny)

by MadFarmAnimalz ( 460972 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:43AM (#16052750) Homepage

Yes, Swedish passwords are weak. We Danes have known this for many years; it is inevitable given that the average number of syllables per word in Swedish is 1.22 (scientific studies have shown it!).

"sigge", a duosyllabic password, is an indication that the user was a member of the upper strata of Swedish society, with Abba and Ace of Base.

(NB: I can handle pissed off Swedes, but not moderators lacking the humor gene)

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A little joke (Score:5, Funny)

by SlashGet ( 985115 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:53AM (#16052857) Homepage

- What's the opposite to firewall? - Watergate

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Re:Stig-Olof "Sigge" Fribergs (Score:5, Funny)

by JackBuckley ( 696547 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:54AM (#16052862) Homepage

From TFA: Själv tycker han inte att han handskats ovarsamt med sina inloggningsuppgifter. Translation: My hovercraft is full of eels!

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Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

by beef3k ( 551086 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:58AM (#16052891)

"kinda strong" eh? That should be easibly crackable with a simple dictionary attack.

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Re:Hmmm... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @11:59AM (#16052911)

Aw, c'mon folks, let's laugh at ourselves once in a while ...

Why not? Everyone else does.

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Re:Could've been worse... (Score:2, Funny)

by ArsenneLupin ( 766289 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @12:01PM (#16052935)

Of course, "yousuck" was also a common password for a lot of Windows 95 systems at another company.
Wouldn't that have been more appropriate for Windows Me systems...

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choosing good passwords (Score:4, Funny)

by rice_burners_suck ( 243660 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @12:08PM (#16052986)

mine is 12345. Nobody would ever guess that one. It's a password only an idiot would put on his luggage.

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Re:Try logging in without scandinavian keyboard... (Score:2, Funny)

by Ana10g ( 966013 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @12:14PM (#16053040)

Nö!
Vöilà!
Nöt that that's a wörd, ör anything.

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Re:Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)

by cbiltcliffe ( 186293 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @12:14PM (#16053045) Homepage Journal

Lemme guess....it's sigge123

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Re:Hmmm... (Score:4, Funny)

by Fordiman ( 689627 ) writes: <fordiman @ g m a i l . com> on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @12:18PM (#16053088) Homepage Journal

don't think so. It's based on the Phonic64 transform with numbers and punctuation at >10 characters.

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Re:Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)

by CommunistHamster ( 949406 ) writes: <communisthamster@gmail.com> on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @12:20PM (#16053108)

Let's see now...Username: "Fordiman", Password: "kinda strong" Success!

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All Your Swedes (Score:5, Funny)

by Kamiza Ikioi ( 893310 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @12:25PM (#16053159)

Captain: Take off every 'sigge' !!
Captain: You know what you doing.
Captain: Move 'sigge'.
Captain: For great justice.

Seasoned Slashdot readers would call it "a-not-so-hard-to-crack-password"

Seasoned Slashdot readers probably use zig:zig on BugMeNot and other "social" logins. I guess it just translates different in Sweden, kinda cute even... mental images [savethechildren.org.uk] of the Swedish Chef singing AYB.

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Re:Try logging in without scandinavian keyboard... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @12:27PM (#16053181)

a møøse once bit my sister ...

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Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

by kalirion ( 728907 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @12:47PM (#16053362)

Pffft, nobody can guess my password, 'hunter2'. I know you only see '*******' there, but I actually typed in my real password. This is one feature I'm really glad Slashdot stole from IRC.

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Re:Perhaps, your password is ok (Score:3, Funny)

by Fordiman ( 689627 ) writes: <fordiman @ g m a i l . com> on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @01:20PM (#16053601) Homepage Journal

Fail to be funny, fail to get the joke, call me humorless.

You're good. ^_^

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Re:Spaceballs: The Movie (Score:4, Funny)

by fbjon ( 692006 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @01:53PM (#16053846) Homepage Journal

My suitcase goes to 11.

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Re:Informative?? (Score:3, Funny)

by miceliux ( 654192 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @02:03PM (#16053919) Homepage

but I'm first!!!!

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It is a SOOOO not-so-hard-to-crack-password that . (Score:3, Funny)

by unity100 ( 970058 ) writes: on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @03:23PM (#16054550) Homepage Journal

... i wouldnt even attempt to crack it ...

But then again, that would make it a password that is not so not-so-hard-to-crack-password ...

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