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I took a sample of 34k. I may have had some files that didn't download fully[1]. I was only interested in picking out some trends. 66 - No password (ie null)

I took a sample of 34k. I may have had some files that didn't download fully[1]. I was only interested in picking out some trends. 66 - No password (ie null) 580 - had the password "315475" 492 - had password "123456" 187 - had password "123456789" 68 - had password "102030" 62 - had password "123" 52 - had password "12345" 44 - had password "1234" 29 - had password "101010" 35% were numeric/number only passwords. There were many that were a variation of 123... The rest appear to be a mixture but first names are popular. I haven't tried, but would assume many of these would be the same passwords for the registered email (username). The day someone comes up with an alternative to passwords it will be a great day! Edit: [1] 34k unique accounts, I must have deleted duplicate usernames/accounts.

ricardobeat 14y ago
Fits the known pattern of password frequency, people don't care much despite all the warnings. http://www.troyhunt.com/2011/03/only-secure-password-is-one-you-cant.html http://www.troyhunt.com/2011/03/only-secure-password-is-one-...
jeffclark 14y ago
What's the significance of "315475" as a password?
- sparknlaunch12 14y ago
  All of these accounts were not email address usernames - ie had no @xxxx So maybe random generated by twitter or spam accounts? Edit: Appear to be closed or suspended accounts.
- webmonkeyuk 14y ago
  I think it might relate to some "mass follower" script See this forum thread: http://psx-scene.com/forums/f195/twitter-1200-follwer-hack-v2-recreated-scripts-103024/ http://psx-scene.com/forums/f195/twitter-1200-follwer-hack-v... which links to this pastebin page which contains a bunch of users all with that password http://pastebin.com/0hcDigvU http://pastebin.com/0hcDigvU
- dredmorbius 14y ago
  It's a rather pleasant shade of blue, and a Syracuse, NY telephone exchange. Other than that, no significance I can gather. May well be an arbitrarily chosen random number. http://www.colorhexa.com/315475 http://www.colorhexa.com/315475 http://xkcd.com/221/ http://xkcd.com/221/

ricardobeat 14y ago

Fits the known pattern of password frequency, people don't care much despite all the warnings. http://www.troyhunt.com/2011/03/only-secure-password-is-one-you-cant.html http://www.troyhunt.com/2011/03/only-secure-password-is-one-...

jeffclark 14y ago

What's the significance of "315475" as a password?

sparknlaunch12 14y ago
All of these accounts were not email address usernames - ie had no @xxxx So maybe random generated by twitter or spam accounts? Edit: Appear to be closed or suspended accounts.
webmonkeyuk 14y ago
I think it might relate to some "mass follower" script See this forum thread: http://psx-scene.com/forums/f195/twitter-1200-follwer-hack-v2-recreated-scripts-103024/ http://psx-scene.com/forums/f195/twitter-1200-follwer-hack-v... which links to this pastebin page which contains a bunch of users all with that password http://pastebin.com/0hcDigvU http://pastebin.com/0hcDigvU
dredmorbius 14y ago
It's a rather pleasant shade of blue, and a Syracuse, NY telephone exchange. Other than that, no significance I can gather. May well be an arbitrarily chosen random number. http://www.colorhexa.com/315475 http://www.colorhexa.com/315475 http://xkcd.com/221/ http://xkcd.com/221/