Password foolishness

Nov 24, 2011

Splashdata has released its annual list of most popular, and therefore most hacked, passwords.

No prizes for guessing the overall winner: PASSWORD

I have seen some other outstanding displays of silliness in my time. Passwords which repeat the username. Passwords which are the name of the company. And one of my favourites, the list of passwords sellotaped to the wall by the computer.

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