The Worst 20 Passwords
Another reason I use 1Password for almost everything these days
In December, RockYou.com was hacked, and a list of usernames and passwords was exposed to the Web, in plain text. A month later, security analysis firm Imperva has analyzed the most common passwords, and the results are depressing, to say the least.
By far, the most popular password on the site was '123456,' apparently satisfying a minimum character limit on the site's password restrictions, but doing little for security. A full 290,731 users used this password, far more than the runner-up, the slightly less complex '12345, which attracted 79,078 uses."
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