[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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