Data stolen from Ashley Madison shows how weak passwords remain the most popular. Simply guessing six basic number sequences in order from 1 – 5 to 1 – 0 will net 225,000 accounts.
via Ars Technica
The most frequently used passwords deciphered from the data breach. 11.7 million passwords have been cracked. 3.7 million haven’t due to being in a stronger form (longer with a mix of alphanumeric and special characters, mixed cases). Aside from a few choices being directly related to the content and purpose of the site, the usual easy-to-guess choices dominate.
The top 50
| PASSWORD | NUMBER OF USERS |
|---|---|
| 123456 | 120511 |
| 12345 | 48452 |
| password | 39448 |
| DEFAULT | 34275 |
| 123456789 | 26620 |
| qwerty | 20778 |
| 12345678 | 14172 |
| abc123 | 10869 |
| pussy | 10683 |
| 1234567 | 9468 |
| 696969 | 8801 |
| ashley | 8793 |
| fuckme | 7893 |
| football | 7872 |
| baseball | 7710 |
| fuckyou | 7458 |
| 111111 | 7048 |
| 1234567890 | 6572 |
| ashleymadison | 6213 |
| password1 | 5959 |
| madison | 5219 |
| asshole | 5052 |
| superman | 5023 |
| mustang | 4865 |
| harley | 4815 |
| 654321 | 4729 |
| 123123 | 4612 |
| hello | 4425 |
| monkey | 4296 |
| 000000 | 4240 |
| hockey | 4191 |
| letmein | 4140 |
| 11111 | 4077 |
| soccer | 3936 |
| cheater | 3908 |
| kazuga | 3871 |
| hunter | 3869 |
| shadow | 3831 |
| michael | 3743 |
| 121212 | 3713 |
| 666666 | 3704 |
| iloveyou | 3671 |
| qwertyuiop | 3599 |
| secret | 3522 |
| buster | 3402 |
| horny | 3389 |
| jordan | 3368 |
| hosts | 3295 |
| zxcvbnm | 3280 |
| asdfghjkl | 3174 |
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