I see no reason why this video should have * asia and * lies on their tag.

No * Asia because this hearing has nothing to do with Asia nor the ethnicity of Wendi Deng.

No * Lies because there's no lies about Rupert Murdoch getting hit in the face with a pie.

Yes * Comedy because they're making fun.

*nochannel *comedy *news *wtf *femme

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>> ^notarobot:
Then Rupert Murdoch has accomplished much?
Don't you think so? He created the most effective political force in history. That's why he needs to be destroyed.



I'm not interested in why Jonnie Marbles did what he did. He's a fucking idiot.

>> ^gorillaman:
Rupert Murdoch's the most powerful fascist on earth. He's been the de facto ruler of a number of countries, he's resposible for the deaths of thousands and the oppression of millions more, how is this the worst he gets? So tired of amateurs spoiling opportunities like this and making it more difficult for serious people to get the job done.

This isn't a victory for the good guys, it's a joke.


From the assailant, Jonnie Marbles' statement:
via: http://videosift.com/video/Rupert-Murdoch-media-mogul-hit-in-face-with-foam-pie

Believe it or not, I even worried about Rupert Murdoch's feelings. You see, I really don't hate 80-year-olds and, at the end of the day, Rupert Murdoch is just an old man. Maybe what I was trying to do was remind everyone of that – that he is not all powerful, he's not Sauron or Beelzebub, just a human being, like the rest of us, but one who has got far too big for his boots.

>> ^gorillaman:

If your political protest doesn't have a body count you've accomplished nothing.


Then Rupert Murdoch has accomplished much?

"0000" is a valid password.</pedanatry>>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^possom:
What amuses me is that "hacking cell phones" has turned out to be "guessing voicemail passwords". I bet most of their information was gained by entering 1234 or 1111 into people's voicemail. Hacking? Stupid cell phone users for sure.

There are only 9999 10,000 possibilities and, since voicemail generally doesn't employ any sort of tarpitting or other brute force protections, I'm sure one could write a script to try voicemail passwords pretty rapidly. You don't even have to try them in succession since voicemail systems can handle multiple simultaneous connections.
Why find some clever backdoor or exploit when you can brute force the thing in a matter of an hour?

>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^possom:
What amuses me is that "hacking cell phones" has turned out to be "guessing voicemail passwords". I bet most of their information was gained by entering 1234 or 1111 into people's voicemail. Hacking? Stupid cell phone users for sure.

There are only 9999 possibilities and, since voicemail generally doesn't employ any sort of tarpitting or other brute force protections, I'm sure one could write a script to try voicemail passwords pretty rapidly. You don't even have to try them in succession since voicemail systems can handle multiple simultaneous connections.
Why find some clever backdoor or exploit when you can brute force the thing in a matter of an hour?


These guys aren't that smart. The majority of people aren't that smart and so, yes, entering default pins is characterised as "hacking". However it's done it still means an offence under the RIP Act. Of course it would be interesting if they did secure some hacker's services to brute force passwords. Nothing would surprise me from hereon in.

Story goes that some guy in the early days of phone use alerted a tabloid to this problem who surprisingly did not get back to him or run a story based on the tip. What happened is that the practice rapidly spread through Fleet Street. Another little scam journalists would do is hand new phones to crime victims they had access to so they could "stay in touch". The phones either had the default pin or changed to one the journalist knew.

>> ^possom:

What amuses me is that "hacking cell phones" has turned out to be "guessing voicemail passwords". I bet most of their information was gained by entering 1234 or 1111 into people's voicemail. Hacking? Stupid cell phone users for sure.


There are only 9999 possibilities and, since voicemail generally doesn't employ any sort of tarpitting or other brute force protections, I'm sure one could write a script to try voicemail passwords pretty rapidly. You don't even have to try them in succession since voicemail systems can handle multiple simultaneous connections.

Why find some clever backdoor or exploit when you can brute force the thing in a matter of an hour?

And here is Why He Did It (in his own words).

Why wouldn't a scumbag like Murdoch have him killed? Retaliation and a warning to other whistleblowers is motive enough for a psychopath.

-Karl

I'm predicting suicide and/or overdose is declared the cause, he was known to have a drug and alcohol problem. I'm sure that Murdoch's people were never in contact with whoever sold Sean his last batch of drugs if that's what killed him.

After Murdoch's little prank with switching up the drugs Sean Hoare bought you'd think he'd have a sense of humour about this...



I hope i just made a joke and not an insightful commentary on the real world.

If you can get a pie in someone's face you can get a knife in their throat.

Rupert Murdoch's the most powerful fascist on earth. He's been the de facto ruler of a number of countries, he's resposible for the deaths of thousands and the oppression of millions more, how is this the worst he gets? So tired of amateurs spoiling opportunities like this and making it more difficult for serious people to get the job done.

This isn't a victory for the good guys, it's a joke. If your political protest doesn't have a body count you've accomplished nothing.

>> ^bareboards2:

I loved the woman who jumped in and slapped at the perp. Totally ineffective but man, she was ready to mix it up!


Everything I've read suggests she slapped the guy and then used the pie on him. Which explains why he was wearing most of the foam and the police, oddly, were dabbing it off him on camera.

I posted on another video of this that he didn't get pied but a second look suggests he got some on his coat which explains why he wasn't wearing it after the resumption.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8649124/Phone-hacking-Jonathan-May-Bowles-charged-over-Rupert-Murdoch-attack.html

This article gives a bit more detail, especially about the awesome Wendi Deng.