So they were little more than script kiddies after all

The Hacking Team, a notoriously sleazy and unscrupulous gang of malware-spreading, privacy-violating goons, has been hacked. The irony is delicious. I’m pleased to see that perfectly appropriate comeuppance.

Even more hilariously, their own passwords were exposed.

The root passwords for Hacking Team’s servers were inexplicably weak for their purpose. One of the passwords was simply “P4ssword,” which would’ve taken any advanced password cracker just minutes to crack.

Other passwords grabbed from Hacking Team founder Christian Pozzi included “wolverine” and “universo,” and other variations of dictionary words like “Passw0rd”.

It’s the power of dumbassery!