Quote from: julz on June 26, 2011, 07:11:55 AM

Quote from: Valhalla1 on June 26, 2011, 07:04:58 AM

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1q2w3e!Q@W#E
qwe123QWE!@#

interesting that these got cracked, was it salted? looks like it would be more difficult to crack than a lot of the ones on that list

It is interesting.. but note that on a standard qwerty keyboard - it's a pattern of 6 keys at the top left.. first unshifted then shifted.

Perhaps some wannabe security guru recommended it to a bunch of suckers as an easy way to remember your complicated password?!

since the days of john the ripper, the config file for it allows you to put patterns that are commonly used. i assume other
password cracking tools are also configurable for such patterns. checking simple patterns on the keyboard are often the
first to fall since they are checked for that and dictionary way before the brute force takes place using a-z A-Z 1-0 shift1-0 etc....