Worst Passwords of 2011

Once again: 'Password' is not a good choice to beat hackers
Posted Nov 19, 2011 8:59 AM CST
Worst Passwords of 2011
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Lots of people are still lousy at choosing computer passwords. Mashable picks up on the annual list of most-hacked passwords from SplashData. The usual suspects are still at the top:

  1. password
  2. 123456
  3. 12345678
  4. qwerty
  5. abc123
  6. monkey
  7. 1234567
  8. letmein
  9. trustno1
  10. dragon
Check out the rest here. (More passwords stories.)

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