The most common single password in the sample of 10,000 purloined Live ID login credentials ... was "123456", something only marginally more secure than the traditional favourite "password".Perhaps it should be no surprise that someone who thinks "password" is a good password would also be easily tricked into giving it away.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Hotmail, Other Users, Got Phished
Last month, thousands of Hotmail, GMail and Yahoo users got phished. They were tricked into giving their passwords to a hacker who then uploaded them to an open website. An analysis of the published list shows some spectacularly foolish passwords and gives some hints on password security. From The Register:
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