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FBI’s most wanted cybercriminal used his cat’s name as a password
When he was arrested at his Chicago home in 2012 for hacking the website of security think tank Stratfor, the dreadlocked Jeremy Hammond was the FBI's most wanted cybercriminal. Authorities tracked him down with the help of top LulzSec member Hector Xavier Monsegur. But it has never been known how they managed to search his encrypted computer, the lid of which the hacker was able to close as agents armed with assault rifles were raiding his home.
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The biggest blunder wasn't the password, it was him giving it up to law enforcement in the first place.
Even if it was a silly password, decrypting it would take 2.03 hundred thousand centuries, according to GRC Haystack.
Don't do bad shit. If you do bad shit, at least be bright enough to encrypt your stuff securely. That means good passwords. I recommend reviewing XKCD's take on passwords and apply it. "Chewy 123" is sort of a crappy password "I plead the 5th amendment." is a superb password that can keep important stuff locked away for trillions of centuries.
Remember kids, the cops are not your friend. Don't give them your password. Set your password to something super secure and use encryption.
If a cop asked me for my password for even my phone I would just laugh in his face
I'm pretty sure that cat is going to be in my nightmares tonight.
Seriously, that is one of the most menacing and evil looking cats I have ever seen, excluding any cats from Pet Cemetery.
Jeremy Hammond was the FBI's most wanted cyber criminal?