Assad's Password? 1234
First paragraph puts it perfectly:
In a development reminiscent of a scene from the movie Spaceballs, hackers who broke into Syrian President Bashar Assad’s email account earlier this year told Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat that the dictator’s password was 1234.
12345 - the same password as the entire governmental leads. it was in the news in the UK because his UK resident father-in-law was emailling press clippings etc.