[ NNSquad ] Report: Hacked Syrian President's emails used same password as "Spaceballs"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Report: Hacked Syrian President's emails used same password as "Spaceballs"

http://j.mp/A7u4Xf  (TPM)

   "Seventy eight inboxes of Assad staffers were compromised, according to
    the newspaper, including several that used the password "12345," one
    of the most-common but obviously least secure passwords possible."

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Apropos, this scene from Mel Brooks' "Spaceballs" (1987): 

http://j.mp/yCn7TO  (YouTube)

--Lauren--
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