The ten worst passwords on the web..

[Fumesucker]

http://www.gizmag.com/worst-passwords-on-the-web/13960/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=34a62e87a9-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

You’re not fooling anyone with that “123456” password of yours. “Password” isn’t much better, and sorry ladies, but “princess” is also no good. These are among the findings in a report released by Imperva, a data security firm that analyzed 32 million passwords recently exposed in the Rockyou.com breach. Not only did they identify the most common, and thus easily-guessable passwords, but they also suggested some effective methods for creating secure ones.

Rockyou.com is a website where users can develop apps to use on social networking sites. Last December, a hacker gained access to all of Rockyou’s members’ usernames, email addresses and passwords (which had been stored in plain, unencrypted text) and posted the passwords to the Internet. Given that many people use the same username and password for all of their online dealings, such as banking, the results could have been disastrous. Fortunately, the perpetrator seemed to be mainly interested in exposing Rockyou’s insufficient security, as they didn’t post the usernames or emails.

Imperva analyzed the hacked data, and compiled their findings in the Consumer Password Worst Practices report. Of the 32 million passwords involved, the ten most common were:

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[BlueJazz]

1. I use a secret code for my passwords. I wouldn't ordinarily give out ....

...this important information but as a service to DU'ers It's: A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4.
I'd tell you more but I can't give away the whole Secret Code.

[Jersey Devil]

2. Are you Captain Video?

LOL, I think I still have my Captain Video Secret Decoder Ring around somewhere and the Captain's code was the same as yours.

[BlueJazz]

3. Ah..Ha!....He must have been a deep thinker like myself.

:) :)