[Infowarrior] - Passwords: yes, people are still that stup1d
Richard Forno
rforno at infowarrior.org
Fri Sep 11 18:53:46 CDT 2015
Meet the worst 100 passwords from the Ashley Madison hack
And, what a surprise, they're about as inventive (and easy to crack) as "123456."
By Zack Whittaker for Zero Day | September 11, 2015 -- 19:22 GMT (12:22 PDT) | Topic: Security
A list of the worst passwords in the Ashley Madison breach just got longer -- and a lot more depressing.
Security research group CynoSure Prime were able to find out the most common passwords that were used on Ashley Madison, a site which helps married people cheat on their partners, which suffered a massive data breach earlier this year when it was targeted by hackers.
The list of the 100 most commonly-used passwords was first posted on Ars Technica....
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http://www.zdnet.com/article/these-are-the-top-100-passwords-from-the-ashley-madison-hack/
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