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    Is your password 123456? Time to increase your security!

    Posted by Ann Westerheim on 2/17/11 9:00 AM

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    Well over a year ago there was a major security breach at a site called RockYou.com.   One of the interesting outcomes is that the breach offered the opportunity to analyze password behaviors since over 32 million passwords were revealed.

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