Analyzing 20,000 MySpace Passwords

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Analyzing 20,000 MySpace Passwords

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday September 17, 2006 @01:15AM from the thats-kinda-scary dept.

Rub3X writes "Author found 20 thousand MySpace passwords on a phishing site and did some tests on them. They were tested for strength, length and a number of other things. Also tested was the most popular password, and the most popular email service used when registering for myspace."

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Author should have... by 10sball · 2006-09-17 01:20 · Score: 5, Funny

spent some of that time analyzing the strength of his hosting plan

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Re:666 - myname by BadAnalogyGuy · 2006-09-17 01:24 · Score: 3, Funny

That's amazing! I've got the same password on my luggage!
Re:Slashdotted. by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-17 01:28 · Score: 5, Funny

It works fine for me. Post your Slashdot password and someone will login and check that your account isn't broken.

Thanks,

Slashdot Admin
Re:Slashdotted. by kripkenstein · 2006-09-17 01:35 · Score: 4, Funny

Slashdotted [...] CPU quota exceeded.

Indeed. Yet, just by reading the summary, I can tell it would have been a juicy article:

They were tested for strength, length and a number of other things.

Circumference? Growth ratio?
Re:Site Slashdotted by GotenXiao · 2006-09-17 01:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Oh, the irony. Bottom of the page:
Need a cheap host that can survive the Digg effect?

Links back to that guy's host XD

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Re:Slashdotted. by tomhudson · 2006-09-17 01:50 · Score: 5, Funny

How did you get the combination of my luggage?
Look! I stole your identity by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-17 02:28 · Score: 3, Funny

best change your policy on your slashdot account now, or expect to see bogus postings in your name!! ;-)

I think you should take the same advise. I just stole your account and now I'm posting as you Mr. Coward.....HAHAHAHA!
Re:Site Slashdotted by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-17 02:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Need a cheap host that can survive the Digg effect?

Yes.. the Digg effect, not the slashdot effect ;)
Ironically enough... by not-admin · 2006-09-17 03:49 · Score: 5, Funny

At the bottom of his article it has an add for:
'Need a cheap host that can survive the Digg effect?'

That links to his webhost... Guess it doesn't survive it very well, eh?
1. Re:Ironically enough... by WilliamSChips · 2006-09-17 05:12 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  It didn't survive the Slashdot effect. It only claims to survive the Digg effect.
  
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Re:Passwords from hacker site = biased. by hashinclude · 2006-09-17 03:59 · Score: 3, Funny

Given the number of people on MySpace who can spell properly, I would say quite a large proportion ;)

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Re:Slashdotted. by Mateo_LeFou · 2006-09-17 04:05 · Score: 3, Funny

My password is: "admin". Thanks for looking into this. (Username is also "admin")

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Re:666 - myname by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-17 07:45 · Score: 4, Funny

Would that be 'catch and release'?