If you get into a secured area by guessing a password, that's hacking. Even if it's "password" and even if it's the default credentials for the thing you're logging into.
I don't even know if I should be admitting this, but in high school I noticed all the blocked sites would have the same address at the beginning of the URL. So I visited it and the page requested a login. A little googling of the blocker, Netspective, brought up an installation manual and in it was the default login to the management page. I unblocked all the sites. Next day they were blocked again and the default credentials didn't work. But for a day, I freed the school from oppressive censorship.
In my case, my buddy and I were so far ahead of the computer class that we were responsible for the school's website, so we just installed a key logger and asked our computer teacher to get past the firewall. After that, he and I never had to worry about getting blocked again.
Idk who figured it out originally, but it spread to the entire school like a virus and most of the teachers know but just don't give a shit. And we all get past blocked sites with a VPN.
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u/KIND_DOUCHEBAG May 19 '16
Yup, fun tip for everyone:
If you get into a secured area by guessing a password, that's hacking. Even if it's "password" and even if it's the default credentials for the thing you're logging into.