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’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!
