The attackers created a fake MySpace login page, and collected login information when users thought they were accessing their own account on the site. So..

Password Length: While 65 percent of passwords contain eight characters or less, 17 percent are made up of six characters or less. The average password is eight characters long.

The top 20 passwords are:

1. password1
2. abc123
3. myspace1
4. password
5. blink182
6. qwerty1
7. fuckyou
8. 123abc
9. baseball1
10. football1
11. 123456
12. soccer
13. monkey1
14. liverpool1
15. princess1
16. jordan23
17. slipknot1
18. superman1
19. iloveyou1
20. monkey

The most common password, "password1," was used in 0.22 percent of all accounts.

Blink 182 is a band. Lots of people use the band's name because it has numbers in its name, and therefore it seems like a good password. The band Slipknot doesn't have any numbers in its name, which explains the 1. :)

The password "jordan23" refers to basketball player Michael Jordan and his number. And "myspace" and "myspace1" are easy-to-remember passwords for a MySpace account.

And what's the deal with monkeys?

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