A website was hacked recently and the hackers posted online all the user accounts and passwords they used for that website. Some people analyzed which passwords were used the most and how easy they were for an internet "hacking" routine to guess them. Amazingly, 290,000 user accounts used the very easy to hack "123456". So, if you want to find out how weak or easy your online internet passwords are to "hack", then read the article below. vj from PCWorld.com (a personal computer magazine) RockYou Hack Reveals the Worst 20 Passwords 01.21.10 3Comments by Mark Hachman In December, RockYou.com was hacked, and a list of usernames and passwords was exposed to the Web, in plain text. A month later, security analysis firm Imperva has analyzed the most common passwords, and the results are depressing, to say the least. By far, the most popular password on the site was "123456," apparently satisfying a minimum character limit on the site's password restrictions, but doing little for security. A full 290,731 users used this password, far more than the runner-up, the slightly less complex "12345, which attracted 79,078 uses. For years, security experts have been arguing that users need to use more complex...
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