The data US security firm Imperva analysed 32 million passwords to help consumers and website administrators identify the most commonly used passwords they should avoid when using social networking or e-commerce sites. In December 2009, a major password breach occurred that led to the release of 32 million passwords, on which the study was based.
The report identifies the most commonly used passwords as:
- 123456
- 12345
- 123456789
- Password
- iloveyou
- princess
- rockyou
- 1234567
- 12345678
- abc123
Imperva’s report, including recommendations for ‘strong’ passwords, can be downloaded here.