The Wall Street Journal reports that hackers have uncovered passwords for most common users of Gawker Media sites this week with results not too surprising. Passwords that have proven in fact, often these sites tell you when you register for a site. You know, those proposals that you are using a unique combination of letters and numbers, not to use common expressions and say at least 8 characters.
The Wall Street Journal reports that hackers have discovered the common passwords to site users Gawker Media this week with results not too surprising. Passwords that have proven in fact, often these sites tell you when you register for a site.
You know, those proposals that you are using a unique combination of letters and numbers, not to use common expressions and say at least 8 characters.
The top 10 passwords hacked 188 279 in the media, and sites of celebrity gossip, including property that includes Gawker Media Gawker Jezebel, Lifehacker and are as follows:
- 12345
- Password
- 12345678
- Life Hack
- qwerty
- abc123
- 111111
- Monkey
- Consumer
- 12345
Although these passwords directly on the Web Gawker Media, and released after the news of the website database hack recent video-oriented earlier this month, the trend is still worrying. Hackers have shown that the first three passwords, or 123456, "password" and 12,345,678 are over 3,000 users, over 2,000 users and over 1,000 users, respectively used.
While hackers previously shown that Internet users can use passwords more complicated tend to their email accounts is a bit disturbing to see, choose passwords that users have the can so easily hacked.
On the other hand, it is possible for users of these sites are not too concerned with protecting the safety and password, because it is not a very personal side, that their bank or credit company websites . Hopefully this is the case, and Web users are much more cautious, especially if you passwords for sites where sensitive personal data can be obtained. Gawker has warned that if users use the same username and passwords for websites to make their information could be compromised and must be changed immediately.
Protect yourself
All Internet users should think twice before you contains clear and easy to guess passwords during the registration of any site containing personal data. If your passwords are one of the above, you should think ahead a little harder to guess. More is better so when choosing a password.
The Houston Chronicle tech blogger Dwight Silverman, an article published on Gawker Media to cut here and why you should change your passwords Twitter on other similar sites.
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