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Botnet Swipes Two Million Passwords, Most Of Them Were Really Bad

The article talks about a Botnet that stole two million passwords, but the amazing thing was how bad many of the passwords were! “Among the worst were: 123456, 123456789, 1234 and, “password.” I know that nobody you know is using “password” for a password, right? Right. Now go change it. Sheesh.

This entry was posted in General Information on December 7, 2013 by thorcarlson.

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