One out of every 142 passwords is '123456'

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/one-out-of-every-142-passwords-is-123456/

By Catalin Cimpanu
Zero Day
ZDNet.com
July 1, 2020

In one of the biggest password re-use studies of its kind, an analysis of more 
than one billion leaked credentials has discovered that one out of every 142 
passwords is the classic "123456" string.

The study, carried out last month by computer engineering student Ata Hakçıl, 
analyzed username and password combinations that leaked online after data 
breaches at various companies.

These "data dumps" have been around for more than half a decade, and have been 
piling up as new companies are getting hacked.

The data dumps are easily available online, on sites like GitHub or GitLab, or 
freely distributed via hacking forums and file-sharing portals.

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