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Here are the 10 most hacked passwords – people *actually* use these

Published 16:20 27 May 2016 BST

Megan Roantree
Here are the 10 most hacked passwords – people *actually* use these

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It might be time to change your password, and chose wisely.

LinkedIn is more than just that site that bombards you with emails. It's also that site that was hacked back in 2012. Over 6 million LinkedIn accounts were hacked by cybercriminals and now a list of the passwords that were most commonly used has been revealed. Embarrassingly, the most common password was an unimaginative '123456' which featured 753,305 times. This was followed by even less imagination as 'linkedin' and 'password' came in second and third. Here is a list of the top 10 passwords that people had when they were hacked.
Rank  Password Frequency
1 123456753,305
2 linkedin172,523
3 password144,458
4 123456789 94,314
5 1234567863,769
6 11111157,210
7 123456749,652
8 sunshine39,118
9 qwerty37,538
10 65432133,854
The list comes from a recovery of passwords from the data breach by Kore Logic. If any of these look familiar it might be time to change your password to something a bit more creative.

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Here are the 10 most hacked passwords - people *actually* use these