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Password hacking as easy as 123456

In December Rockyou.com was hacked and out of it cam a list of passwords of which the most popular was "123456" and "Password". These have been the ever popular passwords that have been used and it is strongly advised to stop.  Imperva  studied the breached passwords and has published  an interesting study  that talks about them.  Of the 32 million passwords exposed , "123456" was the most commonly used, followed by "12345" and "123456789." The list of the 20 most commonly used passwords, and the number of accounts which used them, includes: "123456" in 290,731 accounts "12345" in 78,078 accounts "123456789" in 76,790 accounts "Password" in 61,958 accounts "iloveyou" in 51,622 accounts "princess" in 35,231 accounts "rockyou" in 22,588 accounts "1234567" in 21,726 accounts "12345678" in 20,553 accounts "abc123" in 17,542 accounts "Nic...