Top 50 "Passwords that should not be used" is released, 1st is "123456", 2nd is "password"

The other dayGizmodoYaKotaku,LifehackerAmerica that operates the "Gawker Media"Hacked the site, a large amount of user information leaked, but based on the password information of the leaked user" unused password "was released in ranking form.

First place for passwords that should not be used is "123456", The second place is"PasswordIn addition to being a result that there are many users who use passwords that are too easy, there are also warnings about using the same password for multiple services.

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The top 50 passwords you should never use | Naked Security

According to security company Sophos' announcement, in response to the hacking of "Gawker Media" site, microblogging service "Twitter"And SNS for business"LinkedIn",Portal site"Yahoo!",online game"World of Warcraft"It seems that a famous site such as recommending users to change their passwords.

This is because many users (33% in Sophos's research) are using the same password with multiple services, and if the user's password leaks, the leaked password will be sent to another site It is concerned that it will be abused by.

The top 50 of the password which leaked from "Gawker Media" looks like this. "1,23456" which became the 1st place was actually used by more than 3000 people, as well as easy-to-catch passwords such as "12345678" and "qwerty". Also, in addition to words such as "lifehack" and "gizmodo" operated by the company, "f - - you (- is a bind-off character)" is ranked in.


In response to this incident Sophos indicated to the user that it is necessary to "stop using the password" and "use a password difficult to guess", and using an easy password is described in the dictionary Using a word to guess a specific character string "Dictionary attackIt is said that there is a possibility that it can be broken easily easily by a method called called.

Because it is an overseas case, the tendency of the password of the user of Japan may be slightly different, but in any case it is better to avoid a password that is easily guessed by a third party, It seems better to try to use random combinations of numbers.