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Ten Worst Passwords on the Web

Analysis by Tracy Staedter
Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:03 AM ET
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There's a great piece on Gizmag today about passwords. They reference a data security study completed by Imperva, which analyzed data that was hacked last December on the Web site Rockyou.com.  Of the 32 million passwords involved, the ten most common are listed below. If you use any of these, change your password immediately.

  1. 123456
  2. 12345
  3. 123456789
  4. Password
  5.  iloveyou
  6. princess
  7. rockyou
  8. 1234567
  9. 12345678
  10. abc123



Tags: Computer and Internet Security

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