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How comes that 'homelesspa' ranks 13 on the most used passwords? I mean, I understand why '123456' and 'password' are in the list, but a seemingly random combin
by LeonM 9y ago
How comes that 'homelesspa' ranks 13 on the most used passwords? I mean, I understand why '123456' and 'password' are in the list, but a seemingly random combination of words such as 'homelesspa'?
I did found this: https://twitter.com/clinton_ngn/status/736247662866006018 https://twitter.com/clinton_ngn/status/736247662866006018
But no real explanation
- michaelmcmillan 9y agoMost likely a bot that registered a ton of users with the same password.
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoCould be added to detect who is scanning with this list. Akin to mapmakers adding fake streets.
- seanalltogether 9y agoIt looks like 427 million of these entries came from a myspace breach. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11788694 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11788694