Lulzsec!

[iviv]

Except for a lot of systems it won't matter if they used "Tr0ub4dor&3" or "correct horse battery staple" even these days by far the larger number of backends will crunch it down to say 13 byte "hash" and I've seen some that only use 8 bytes still... not sure if thats any worse than storing the original password in plain text on the server tho heh.

Software properly storing the password securely and in a length that makes cracking difficult are still the minority :S

The point is that people are torturing themselves with needlessly complicated passwords when a group of words would be far easier to remember and also much more secure due to the length.

 

[FoxEye]

Regarding passwords.

Except for a lot of systems it won't matter if they used "Tr0ub4dor&3" or "correct horse battery staple" even these days by far the larger number of backends will crunch it down to say 13 byte "hash" and I've seen some that only use 8 bytes still... not sure if thats any worse than storing the original password in plain text on the server tho heh.

Software properly storing the password securely and in a length that makes cracking difficult are still the minority :S

Interesting. And worrying!

 

[KIA]

More news: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/22/fbi-arrests-suspected-lulzsec-and-anonymous-hackers/

 

[Mark A]

Looks like they have most of Lulzsec now then.

 

[KIA]

UK Lulzsec hacker Ryan Ackroyd pleads guilty

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22079709

 

[FoxEye]

lulwho? holy thread necro, batman!

 

[KIA]

British hackers who were behind a series of high profile cyber attacks in 2011 have been sentenced.

The four men, Ryan Cleary, Jake Davis, Mustafa al-Bassam and Ryan Ackroyd, were part of the Lulzsec hacking group.

Cleary was jailed for 32 months, Davis for two years and Ackroyd for 30 months. Al Bassam was given a 20-month suspended sentence.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22552753