Analyzing 20,000 MySpace Passwords

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."

Comments

666 - myname

[vrta]

Most common passwords used:
13 - cookie123
12 - iloveyou
12 - password
11 - abc123
11 - fuckyou
11 - miss4you

Re:Already Unreachable

[Anonymous Coward]

Mirrordot http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/65dbc3fb38c8508be da018cb179a7607/index.html

Re:Slashdotted.

[Stephan202]

I made a copy, with images: http://student.science.uva.nl/~sschroev/junk/myspa ce.html
(If the server does not manage I will remove the page)

MirrorDot shows the graphs...

[wo1verin3]

http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/65dbc3fb38c8508be da018cb179a7607/index.html

strong passwords?

[nephridium]

Most common passwords used:

13 - cookie123
12 - iloveyou
12 - password
11 - abc123
11 - fuckyou
11 - miss4you
9 - password19
9 - clumsy
8 - sassy
8 - summer06
8 - pablobob
8 - boobie
8 - fuckyou1
8 - iloveyou1
8 - tink69
8 - password1
7 - gospel
7 - terrete
7 - monster7
7 - marlboro1
7 - bitch1
7 - flower
7 - space

Summary:

While the passwords weren't the best, they weren't exactly terrible. [...]

According to TFA it seems most passwords used on myspace are made up of dictionary words (mostly lower case) and a numeric suffix (usually <4 digits). Imho such a password does look horrible, especially after seeing how important some of the myspace pages seem to be for certain people.