If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe

Despite all the reports of Internet security breaches over the years, including the recent attacks on Google's e-mail service, many people have reacted to the break-ins with a shrug. According to a new analysis, one out of five Web users still decides to leave the digital equivalent of a key under the doormat: they choose a simple, easily guessed password like "abc123," "iloveyou" or even "password" to protect their data. Imperva examined 32 million passwords and found that nearly 1 percent were "123456" as a password. The second-most-popular password was "12345." Others in the top 20 included "qwerty," "abc123" and "princess." More disturbing was that about 20 percent of people on the RockYou list picked from the same, relatively small pool of 5,000 passwords.