List of 100,000 Passwords Known to Hackers Released
The National Cyber Security Centre released a list of 100,000 passwords known to hackers.
The list reveals how important it is not to re-use a password: the top password is "123456" and has been found 23 million times in databases of cybersecurity breaches, according to the National Cyber Security Centre.
The top 20 include:
- 123456
- 123456789
- qwerty
- password
- 111111
- 12345678
- abc123
- 1234567
- password1
- 12345
- 1234567890
- 123123
- 000000
- iloveyou
- 1234
- 1q2w3e4r5t
- qwertyuiop
- 123
- monkey
- dragon
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