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Unbelievable: "123456" Most Common Hotmail Password
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Posted by Donster on: 2009-10-07 16:17:35 265
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By Paul Lilly @ MaximumPC
Over 10,000 Hotmail email accounts were leaked to the web earlier this week as the result of a massive phishing scam, which may not have taken a whole lot of effort. After all, if you're going to choose "123456" as your password, compromising your account is like shooting fish in a barrel.
In this case, there were 64 said fish in a barrel full of over 10,000 compromised Hotmail accounts, making it the most commonly used password of the bunch, according to a researcher who combed through all the posted accounts.
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News Source: Email
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