Facebook Security Breach exposed popular Passwords
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010The Facebook Security Breach exposed popular Passwords
After a security breach at Facebook 32 million passwords where analysed and revealed the worlds most popular passwords can easily be cracked by hacking using automatic brute force attacks. It was published that nearly 50 percent of the 32 million passwords were names, slang words, consecutive digits or adjacent keyboard keys. Its incredible to say but the most common password is 123456.
Other common passwords are 12345, iloveyou, princess, password and abc123, Simplicity of these passwords makes you more vulnerable to brute force attacks.
A larger concern is for the workplace who implement enterprise systems and users who use easy-to-crack passwords.
Be safe and use a secure password.