It might be time to change your password.
LinkedIn is more than just that site that bombards you with emails and push notifications.
Back in 2012 LinkedIn was hacked and 6 million LinkedIn accounts were hacked by cybercriminals.
Now a list of the passwords that were most commonly used has been revealed.
Embarrassingly, the most common password was an unimaginative ‘123456’ which featured 753,305 times.
This was followed by even less imagination as ‘linkedin’ and ‘password’ came in second and third.
Here is a list of the top 10 passwords that people had when they were hacked.
| Rank | Password | Frequency |
| 1 | 123456 | 753,305 |
| 2 | 172,523 | |
| 3 | password | 144,458 |
| 4 | 123456789 | 94,314 |
| 5 | 12345678 | 63,769 |
| 6 | 111111 | 57,210 |
| 7 | 1234567 | 49,652 |
| 8 | sunshine | 39,118 |
| 9 | qwerty | 37,538 |
| 10 | 654321 | 33,854 |
If any of these look familiar you should probably come up with a new password and let your creativity run free.
If anyone’s looking xxNiallHoranSpiderMonkey20!4xx is available and absolutely hack-proof.
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