‘Snoopy’, ‘Adolf’ and ‘Password’: Hungarian govt passwords exposed online

April 11, 2026

Bellingcat: Some government workers used easy-to-guess passwords such as variations of the word “Password” or the number sequence “1234567”. One employee whose credentials were exposed in the 2012 LinkedIn hack used the password “linkedinlinkedin”. Another, in the defence ministry, used their surname. One leaked password from an employee in the foreign affairs ministry was “embassy13hungary”…