Password strength and Twitter Hacks

I was about to link to this great story (found through boingboing) about the 500 weakest passwords people use (here's a little hint - "123456" and "password" may not be the best to use). You can find the whole list here.

So, this is where I'd planned to go on and on about how awesome boingboing is, when my friend Adam Gilman gave me a heads up on a story on techcrunch. Apparently someone hacked into Rick Sanchez's twitter account (along with Britney Spears and Bill O'Reilly).

Just another cautionary tale: be careful with your passwords or else hilarity will ensue (possibly at your expense).