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FiloSottile
on Nov 20, 2013
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Weak passwords brute forced
Here, it is weak as in "password", "qwerty" or "{your Lifehacker leaked password}"
codygman
on Nov 20, 2013
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my password was \w{6}\d{2} and it was compromised.
FiloSottile
on Nov 21, 2013
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Did you reuse that password somewhere else?
mh-
on Nov 20, 2013
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was the \w{6}
github
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codygman
on Nov 20, 2013
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LOL, luckily it was not. It wasn't a dictionary word.
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