Mystery over bogus Facebook login data dump The publication on Pastebin of the supposed login details of more than 10,000 Facebook users fails to pose any security risks, at least on the social network, because the data is bogus, according to Facebook. Newly established Nepalese hacking crew Team Swastika caused a stir when they dumped the supposed Facebook login data …
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You want to look good; then simply dump data and assume people (esp. companies) will keep quiet about it. "Of course they denied it; they don't want to admit how l33t we are!". Truth is that a lot of people are starting to look right through this.
When those lulzsec dudes shared some of their stuff the same thing applied. Not talking about the ps3 hack but the stuff they "dumped from their collection".
Now, granted; without knowing what the source of that data was you can't really deem this legit or false (perhaps another tactical part they left out?). I'm also not going there, merely stating that I considered that data to be bogus too. An opinion I've seen shared by others as well.
This data turned out to be a 3-part collection of so called usernames and passwords which were accompanied with e-mail addresses. Rumor had it that it came from a website or other ISP.
When starting to check a few e-mail addresses I came across many invalid ones. While an account can easily expire over time the same cannot be easily said for TLD's. For example "hotmail.com.jj", that TLD has never existed and is most likely a typo. Or is it? Considering how common e-mail checks are these days I have some serious doubt there as well.
So in a majority of cases I think its not too unthinkable that "hackers" (or kiddies?) release bogus stuff to 'look good'.
"the use of the term Team Swastika does not necessarily imply neo-Nazi sympathies."
No, I'm sure they are simply unaware of the Nazi association with that symbol, and used it unwittingly. After all, few have heard of the Nazis these days, whereas ancient Hindu mysticism is enjoying something of a revival, especially amongst illegal activists.
Says the westerner.
Hindu (stupid word) mysticism is no more "ancient" than Christianity, etc.
They are almost certainly aware of the Nazi connection but will not see that as any reason to avoid using a symbol that originated in their faith / culture.
The Hindu swastika is noticeably different from the Nazi one.
Given that the organisation are Nepalese and their first public targets were India, Bhutan, and Nepal (you know, all parts of the British Empire's Hindustan), it would seem far more likely they were influenced by Hinduism than National Socialism.
Since it remains quite common in that part of the world to see swastikas on pottery, in clothing and blankets, and decorating walls, your comment about "ancient Hindu mysticism" reflects your remarkable cultural ignorance about a religion that predates the Nazis by five hundred years and a symbol that predates the Nazis by four THOUSAND years.
Idiot.
It's not uncommon to see swastikas in Asia, eg in school logos etc - I've seen them in several countries. The Thai word for hello (sawasdee สวัสดี) is derived from the same Sanskrit word (svasti) that the word swastika comes from.Perhaps you'd like to ban Thai people from saying hello, eh?
But since Asia *only* has a third of the world's population, let's use western history to censor them...
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