{"id":224222,"date":"2010-01-23T18:36:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T23:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/worst-passwords-on-the-web\/13960\/"},"modified":"2010-01-23T18:36:27","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T23:36:27","slug":"the-ten-worst-passwords-on-the-web-and-why-you-really-should-read-this-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/224222","title":{"rendered":"The ten worst passwords on the web, and why you really should read this article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/password.jpg\" alt=\"The ten worst passwords on the web, and why you really should read this article\"><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re not fooling <em>anyone<\/em> with that &#8220;123456&#8221; password of yours. &#8220;Password&#8221; isn&#8217;t much better, and sorry ladies, but &#8220;princess&#8221; is also no good. These are among the findings in a report released by Imperva, a data security firm that analyzed 32 million passwords recently exposed in the Rockyou.com breach. 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