Infographic: Top 30 LinkedIn Passwords Cracked
Even though it’s been mentioned before, people still use the common passwords that are most easy to crack.
Last week when about 6.5 million passwords were stolen from LinkedIn, Boston-based security company Rapid7 took a look at the top 30 of 160,000 LinkedIn passwords that were cracked by hackers.
In the infographic ‘LinkedIn Passwords Lifted’, is states that the top password: “link”; was used by 941 people.
The second-most common password: “1234”; used by 435 people.
Other top easily-cracked passwords were: “work”, “god”, “job”, “123456”, “angel”, “the”, “ilove”, and “sex”.
Strangely enough, “password” didn’t make it to the list.
“We are seeing a trend of internet users trying to use simplistic passphrases on Internet sites,” Marcus Carey, a security researcher at Rapid7 told msnbc. “They are (being hacked) because of the simple fact that may are using words that have been long considered bad passwords. Password-cracking algorithms include these bad passwords as a part of their recipe.”
“What people need to understand is that even with trusted sites such as LinkedIn there is still a possibility for massive compromise,” Carey said. “The bigger the site, the more personal information is leaked, and the big boys on the block are the ones who are targeted the most.”
The infographic also gives some tips about the common mistakes while setting passwords. A recipe for a bad password: foul language; words related to the site; religion; numbers trailing phrases; short passwords; about love.
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[via Digital Trends]
Last week when about 6.5 million passwords were stolen from LinkedIn, Boston-based security company Rapid7 took a look at the top 30 of 160,000 LinkedIn passwords that were cracked by hackers.
In the infographic ‘LinkedIn Passwords Lifted’, is states that the top password: “link”; was used by 941 people.
The second-most common password: “1234”; used by 435 people.
Other top easily-cracked passwords were: “work”, “god”, “job”, “123456”, “angel”, “the”, “ilove”, and “sex”.
Strangely enough, “password” didn’t make it to the list.
“We are seeing a trend of internet users trying to use simplistic passphrases on Internet sites,” Marcus Carey, a security researcher at Rapid7 told msnbc. “They are (being hacked) because of the simple fact that may are using words that have been long considered bad passwords. Password-cracking algorithms include these bad passwords as a part of their recipe.”
“What people need to understand is that even with trusted sites such as LinkedIn there is still a possibility for massive compromise,” Carey said. “The bigger the site, the more personal information is leaked, and the big boys on the block are the ones who are targeted the most.”
The infographic also gives some tips about the common mistakes while setting passwords. A recipe for a bad password: foul language; words related to the site; religion; numbers trailing phrases; short passwords; about love.
Click to view full infographic
Click to view full infographic
[via Digital Trends]
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