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Get a new password fool! lol (by WalkSoftly)

 WalkSoftly 
20-Jan-15 3:16 pm
"" You may have protected your personal data
with strong passwords, but when hackers
seize control of other computers, the
resulting "botnets" can cause plenty of
collateral damage . The depressing part is
that one of the biggest holes is the easiest
to fix: terrible passwords. SplashData has
just released its annual list of the worst
ones (gleaned from hacked file dumps), and
things haven't changed much over last
year . The most common stolen password is
still "123456," which edged out perennial
groaner "password." Other top picks in the
an alphanumeric hall of shame are
"12345678," "qwerty," "monkey" and new
this year, "batman." According to security
expert Mark Burnett, the top 25 (below)
represent an eye-popping 2.2 percent of all
passwords exposed.
The good news is that fewer people are
using bad passwords than in 2013, perhaps
thanks to some well-publicized data
breaches at Sony , Target and elsewhere.
SplashData reminds folks to create
passwords with at least eight mixed
characters -- preferably more -- not based
on easy-to-brute-force dictionary words. As
pointed out by Buffer Open , other methods
include pass phrases, mnemonic devices
and other memory tricks -- including a gem
from XKCD. You shouldn't use the same
password on more than one site, so if you
have a lot, it's a good idea to use one of
the many password managers out there,
like LastPass or SplashID. Those let you
access your entire collection of passwords
with just a single passphrase -- one that
had better be a lot stronger than "123456."

Rank Password Change from [Warning: Posting Phone Numbers is not allowed. Please follow the rules.] Unchanged
2 password Unchanged
3 12345 Up [Warning: Posting Phone Numbers is not allowed. Please follow the rules.] Down 1
5 qwerty Down [Warning: Posting Phone Numbers is not allowed. Please follow the rules.] Unchanged
7 1234 Up 9
8 baseball New
9 dragon New
10 football New
[Warning: Posting Phone Numbers is not allowed. Please follow the rules.] Down 4
12 monkey Up 5
13 letmein Up 1
14 abc123 Down [Warning: Posting Phone Numbers is not allowed. Please follow the rules.] Down 8
16 mustang New
17 access New
18 shadow Unchanged
19 master New
20 michael New
21 superman New
22 696969 New
23 123123 Down 12
24 batman New
25 trustno1 Down 1

Link.

"trustno1".......Hahhahahahahhaaha1

 

 

 
 
 WalkSoftly 
20-Jan-15 3:19 pm
Ugh I hate it when the system censors numbers like that! In case youre wondering....most of those censored passwords are like 1-6, 1-7, etc...

 

 

 
 
 Hallack12 (0)   (43 / M-F / Cote D'ivoire)
9-Mar-16 12:53 pm
Hello I have hard disk I but password but I forget the code and I don't know how to remove the code

 

 

 
 
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