500 Worst Passwords

     Below are the 500 worst passwords.  If you see yours, it's probably time to change it.  And if you're trying to hack into your friend's Facebook account to post a ridiculous status update, typing 123456 or PASSWORD isn't a bad place to start.  The list was put together by Mark  Burnett in his 2005 book Perfect Password: Selection, Protection, Authentication.  For some reason it's taken five years for it to go viral.

4 comments:

kels said...

It's a good thing they have variations of the f word as a noun, an adjective and a verb. obvious choices for passwords.

HesstonsHullabaloo said...

Funny! When I was a kid, I'll admit I may have used a few of these in variation. Rainbow was definately one I used. I had a pet fish named Rainbow. He always was my favorite.

Anonymous said...

Does he also say why they suck? There are a lot I get, but definitely some that I still think a bit random.

hun*ter said...

I could find nowhere where it said why they suck. I would assume they were the most common because of the first few on the list, but I wouldn't expect "dragon" to be one the top passwords.

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