World | Anonymous Assad's Staff Needs Better Computer Passwords Anonymous hacks into emails, showing he tried to manipulate 'American psyche' By John Johnson Posted Feb 7, 2012 5:50 PM CST Copied In this image provided by ABC, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks with Barbara Walters for an interview last year. (AP Photo/ABC, Rob Wallace) The hackers of Anonymous got their hands on emails going in and out of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's office, and two items stick out: Gullible Americans: As Assad prepped for an interview with Barbara Walters last year, a press official wrote: "It is hugely important and worth mentioning that 'mistakes' have been done in the beginning of the crises because we did not have a well-organized 'police force.' American psyche can be easily manipulated when they hear that there are 'mistakes' done and now we are 'fixing it.' It's worth mentioning also what is happening now in Wall Street and the way the demonstrations are been suppressed by policemen, police dogs and beatings." More details at Haaretz. Not-so-tough passwords: And just how did the hackers get access to the accounts? The Daily Intel blog is happy to point out that a common password was 12345. Read These Next A former NFL Pro Bowler has died at age 36. The massive AWS failure exposed a big problem with the internet. Backlash for Trump nominee who said he has 'a Nazi streak.' A man ended up dead after trying to steal from Spirit Halloween. Report an error