RockYou, an application and service provider for social networking sites, was hacked through an SQL injection vulnerability resulting in the hacker obtaining more than 32.6 million user credentials. Analysis of the 32 million passwords obtained in the December 2009 RockYou hack has revealed the most common passwords used by individuals were ‘123456′, ‘12345, and ‘123456789′. RockYou password analysis also showed that nearly half of all users selected names, slang words, dictionary word, or consecutive digits for their password. Though this hack caused great damage for those impacted, it highlights the dire need for enterprises to enforce strong password policies.
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