{
  "id": 17035999,
  "title": "Admin dropped the F-bomb in a password to show hackers who was really 1337",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/admin-dropped-the-f-bomb-in-a-password-to-show-hackers-who-was-really",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-29T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register Science",
    "slug": "the-register-science",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/29/admin-dropped-the-f-bomb-in-a-password-to-show-hackers-who-was-really-1337/5306139"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In this week's PWNED report, security researcher Dahvid Schloss of Suzu Labs shares an incident involving a factory with outdated Windows 7 servers connected to CNC milling machines. Despite the company having experienced a security breach six months prior, Schloss was tasked with ensuring the servers were secure. He initially struggled to gain access due to the servers not being connected to the domain, but eventually found a vulnerable server connected to the network. Upon further investigation, Schloss discovered a password for an admin account written in leet speak as \"heyhackergof***yourself.\" Initially believing it was a joke, Schloss kept the credentials hidden for a week. During a follow-up, he revealed the password to the IT team, who recognized it as the admin account he had set up. The password, while strong, was an embarrassing choice and exposed the factory to further vulnerabilities.",
  "summary": "Cursing in login credentials can help keep the bad guys out, but not when the rest of your security is BS",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}