Here is a list of a the terrible passwords used by naive Myspace users. The list is several years old but is still being shopped around on the Dark Web by hackers for $3200, the price indicates that they are still in use. The following should act as an example of what kind of passwords you should not be using.
Courtesy of the Myspace breach:
homelesspa
password1
abc123
123456
myspace1
123456a
123456789
a123456
123abc
qwerty1
passer2009
iloveyou1
princess1
12345a
monkey1
football1
babygirl1
love123
The above, alongside
anything made up of searchable names, places or animals are useless passwords that leave your account(s) prone to being hacked. The following is a more recent list of bad passwords, compiled by Splashdata. Interestingly, there appears to be a great deal of overlap between the list of Myspace passwords from years ago and many of the bad passwords still in use.
Each account that
you make online needs to have a separate username and password
combination to frustrate the efforts of malicious hackers and
decrease the likelihood of cross site data breaches. A good password manager such as Keepass, Dashlane or 1Password will improve your online security. Each comes with a password generator that will enable you to create strong alphanumeric passwords.
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