Wednesday, May 25, 2011

The Predictability of the Human Spirit

According to security expert Mark Burnet, the following are the top ten most common passwords for ATMs and online banking:
  1. 123456
  2. password (OK, some imagination in this one)
  3. 12345678
  4. 1234
  5. ******** (Not appropriate to publish - - a large % of passwords are vulgar)
  6. 12345
  7. dragon (as an avid supporter of the Southlake Carroll High School Dragons - - pleased to see this one)
  8. qwerty (look at the keyboard)
  9. 696969
  10. mustang
When picking your password, please remember two things.  A bunch of Nigerians can count to ten.  An even bigger bunch know a dictionary's worth of vulgarities (Hangover II opens this weekend - - this should be a passwoard rich environment).

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