The worst password choices
The folks over at Imperva have recently conducted a detailed analysis of a truckload of weak and compromised passwords.
The report found the following to be the most popular choices:
- 123456
- 12345
- 123456789
- password
- iloveyou
- princess
- rockyou
- 1234567
- 12345678
- abc123
- nicole
- daniel
- babygirl
- monkey
- jessica
- lovely
- michael
- ashley
- 654321
- qwerty
The most interesting thing is just how little things have changed in the last twenty years. Which make this a serious issue, considering the widespread usage of ecommerce and social networking websites.
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