John Podesta's password was . . .

[Angel Eyes]

. . . 'password', according to Julian Assange:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/assange-tells-hannity-that-podestas-password-was-um-password-2017-01-04

I wonder if he uses the same one for his luggage.

[dm1333]

Nope, that's 1-2-3-4!   

[KD5NRH]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/assange-tells-hannity-that-podestas-password-was-um-password-2017-01-04

I guess p@55w0rd was too hard to remember.

Oddly I did have to talk one ex girlfriend out of using passwords that looked like line-noise-damaged teco command strings because she'd eventually forget the less-used ones, resulting in a number of no-longer-accessible encrypted drives, etc.  Really, I was impressed that she could remember any of them for more than five minutes.

[Scout26]

Nope, that's 1-2-3-4!   

Nope, that's his iPhone passcode and ATM PIN.

 

[RevDisk]

Nope, that's his iPhone passcode and ATM PIN.

 

You laugh. I've seen it done. Hell, I've seen businesses with hundred million dollar revenues where the owner used "password1" as a password. On EVERYTHING.

There's a reason why I try to never use credit cards.

[lee n. field]

. . . 'password', according to Julian Assange:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/assange-tells-hannity-that-podestas-password-was-um-password-2017-01-04

I wonder if he uses the same one for his luggage.

Yep, smartest people in the room.

[Ben]

Yep, smartest people in the room.

They're the pilots flying the plane!

[TommyGunn]

I wouldn't trust Assange if he told me July follows June.    His activities have gotten Americans killed......why do many feel he's some sort of hero?  He's a  CRIMINAL!

[HeroHog]

I guess p@55w0rd was too hard to remember.

Close, it's "P@$$vv0rD" or just "asswrod"

[Andiron]

I wouldn't trust Assange if he told me July follows June.    His activities have gotten Americans killed......why do many feel he's some sort of hero?  He's a  CRIMINAL!

Can't stop the signal.

I'm on the fence.  Assange wasn't under any obligation to protect that info.  Look at how much damage has been done by morons with security credentials leaking *expletive deleted*it through carelessness.

Can you imagine where we'd be right now without years of wikileaks?

[MechAg94]

You laugh. I've seen it done. Hell, I've seen businesses with hundred million dollar revenues where the owner used "password1" as a password. On EVERYTHING.

There's a reason why I try to never use credit cards.

I honestly think my credit cards have been hacked or stolen by crooks working at department stores more often then online stuff.  Might be the same cause though.

[Scout26]

I wouldn't trust Assange if he told me July follows June.    His activities have gotten Americans killed......why do many feel he's some sort of hero?  He's a  CRIMINAL!

Actually, I never did.  Even when he published all the stuff he got from Manning.  Manning was the criminal.

[DittoHead]

I wouldn't trust Assange if he told me July follows June.    His activities have gotten Americans killed......why do many feel he's some sort of hero?  He's a  CRIMINAL!

Even Palin has flip flopped on Assange at this point.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/04/six-years-after-comparing-him-to-al-qaida-sarah-palin-apologizes-to-wikileaks-assange/
I suspect the ends justify the means for far too many people. He will return to persona non grata once he gets & releases some juicy stuff from the incoming administration.

[KD5NRH]

I honestly think my credit cards have been hacked or stolen by crooks working at department stores more often then online stuff.  Might be the same cause though.

I'd pretty much guarantee it.  People demand high levels of security from online retailers, then hand their credit card to a below-minimum-wage waitress who wanders off with it for ten minutes.

[MechAg94]

I'd pretty much guarantee it.  People demand high levels of security from online retailers, then hand their credit card to a below-minimum-wage waitress who wanders off with it for ten minutes.

I was thinking of just the backroom folks having access to the numbers.  I guess in the old days, they had all the carbon copies.  I am not sure what they have these days. 

Years ago, a girl I worked with had a department store card with bad charges.  She went to the store and canceled the card only to have it reopened with more bad charges. 

[wmenorr67]

When I worked for a rental car agency back we had an employee rent a vehicle from us.  Shortly afterwards he quit coming to work and kept the car longer than the rental agreement.  We eventually went and retrieved the car and when we got it back to the office and started cleaning it, we found multiple credit cards from multiple customers.

[roo_ster]

Assange / Wikileaks Big Data Dumps:

1. Bradley Manning documents.
 Mostly state dept, IIRC. Anyone know any different?  May have been some names of local data sources, too, but again I am not sure.  If so, that was damaging, but damaging to whom?  State dept has its own agenda that is mostly opposed to my way of thinking.  So, if Freakboy Manning's leaks damaged Victoria Nuland's and such folks' plans, I am not too worried. 

2. Apache gunship video footage.
I never thought this was a big whoop, damage-wise.  May very well have been unlawful in that the footage may have been classified, so not good.  But I recall that the video showed our Apache drivers doing their job and doing it well, turning jihadis into chum.

3. Podesta Email.
Very helpful in demonstrating that the ruling class is one entity, policritters, journalists, and bureaucritters all on hte same team in opposition to Americans.

Have I missed any big wikileaks dumps?

[De Selby]

Trumps willingness to call out the various institutions on this is refreshing.  There should never be government by secret report.

[Monkeyleg]

I honestly think my credit cards have been hacked or stolen by crooks working at department stores more often then online stuff.  Might be the same cause though.

The only time I had a credit card number stolen was when the woman working in the card issuing department at the bank was selling the card information. It wasn't a hard crime to solve.

As for Assange, what he's been doing is wrong. However, as has been noted so many times, if he hadn't released the information, the MSM would never have looked into what happened with Bernie, with the Foundation, with Hillary's selling access, etc.

There are no white hats in this story. Obama, Hillary, the DNC, the FBI, the CIA, Wikileaks, the MSM, and others are all guilty.  I still question whether the Russians had anything to do with this, and I probably won't be convinced by anything our government releases. Putin gained a lot more power because of Obama and Hillary; why stop the gravy train? Assange is a liberal, although he detests Hillary (maybe for trying to get him droned).

[Hawkmoon]

Trumps willingness to call out the various institutions on this is refreshing.  There should never be government by secret report.

Agreed, but at this point he's calling out the opposition. The test will be whether or not he maintains transparency during his own administration.

[MikeB]

FWIW Can we all at least agree that McCain should not be leading any committee or subcommittee having anything to do with computers? Or really any committees at all, but especially any related to computers or technology?

[Perd Hapley]

The only time I had a credit card number stolen was when the woman working in the card issuing department at the bank was selling the card information. It wasn't a hard crime to solve.

As for Assange, what he's been doing is wrong. However, as has been noted so many times, if he hadn't released the information, the MSM would never have looked into what happened with Bernie, with the Foundation, with Hillary's selling access, etc.

There are no white hats in this story. Obama, Hillary, the DNC, the FBI, the CIA, Wikileaks, the MSM, and others are all guilty.  I still question whether the Russians had anything to do with this, and I probably won't be convinced by anything our government releases. Putin gained a lot more power because of Obama and Hillary; why stop the gravy train? Assange is a liberal, although he detests Hillary (maybe for trying to get him droned).

And the sad fact is, we have more to fear from our own political elite than from Russia, at this point. If they actually did keep HRC out of the White House, we owe them our gratitude.

[AJ Dual]

And the sad fact is, we have more to fear from our own political elite than from Russia, at this point. If they actually did keep HRC out of the White House, we owe them our gratitude.

My point is that America helped the Russians defeat the Nazis... so why is everyone freaking out that maybe the Russians finally returned the favor and helped America defeat the Democrats?

[Perd Hapley]

My point is that America helped the Russians defeat the Nazis... so why is everyone freaking out that maybe the Russians finally returned the favor and helped America defeat the Democrats?

Well played.