In December 2009, a major password breach occurred that led to the release of 32 million passwords in the Internet. The Imperva Application Defense Center (ADC) analyzed the strength of the passwords. The data provides a unique glimpse into the way that users select passwords and an opportunity to evaluate the true strength of these as a security mechanism.

Interesting: most common password: 123456 (no imagination)

Article: http://www.imperva.com/docs/WP_Consumer_Password_Worst_Practices.pdf

Victor



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