’123456′ tops common password study
A U.S. data security firm said a study of passwords from the Rockyou.com breach found “123456″ was the most commonly used password among users.
The Imperva security firm said in a release Thursday a study of the 32 million passwords exposed during a December breach of a RockYou database indicates numerical passwords were popular among users.
While “123456″ topped the list, the study found “12345″ was the second most commonly used password among Rockyou.com users. The password “123456789″ was third overall…
Imperva Chief Technical Officer Amichai Shulman said the list, which was rounded off with “abc123″ in 10th, shows the vulnerability of certain passwords.
“Vulnerability of certain passwords”? How about the vulnerability of people who are too stupid to come up with a useful password?
Cripes!
Whew! I use “ABCDEF” — I’m safe!
Morey
January 21, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Not any more.
Flo
January 22, 2010 at 12:52 pm
I can fool you all – with the same password. I use small letters. abcdef
moss
January 22, 2010 at 1:05 pm
The best passwords are too difficult for ordinary people to remember. If the user can’t remember his own password, then it fails. And the recommendation is don’t write it down. Use a different password for every site.
I want to see more action by the FBI to go after those who would steal a password. Local police don’t have the national/international resources that the FBI do. Prosecute those who fraudulently use SSNs and IDs. Charge back international charges to the local bank or cut that bank/country off from American transactions.
Mr. Fusion
January 22, 2010 at 9:41 am
This really isn’t surprising. We’d all be amazed how much this wouldn’t happen if people took the extra .5 seconds to add a number or two to the end of their password. Leave the door open and people will come in. Using passwords like “1234″ just isn’t smart.
Jimmy Burnett
January 23, 2010 at 7:00 am