andrewducker: (Eightball)
andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2009-01-02 11:19 pm

Do yourself a favour

This is the list of the top 500 most common passwords.  These are the ones that the bots try _first_ when they're trying to hack your account.

If you have any of these passwords, for God's sake change it.

[identity profile] ashfae.livejournal.com 2009-01-03 10:59 am (UTC)(link)
abgrtyu?? Most of the rest are obvious or self-explanatory, but where the heck does that one come from?

[identity profile] sigmonster.livejournal.com 2009-01-03 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Some common non-English keyboard layout?

Yours,
Etaoin Shrdlu

[identity profile] chipuni.livejournal.com 2009-01-03 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
It seems to be used in sex sites. At least, that's what a quick Google search told me...