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Letmein! Adobe password crosswords reveal the worst and most popular passwords

Jonathan Riggall

Jonathan Riggall

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Details of 153 million Adobe accounts were stolen by hackers recently, and now the top 1000 passwords and their related clues have been made into crossword puzzles. They offer a fascinating insight into how we make passwords, and can also teach you the pitfalls of password choice.

Each clue on the crossword gives you a selection of the hints people use to remind themselves of the password. ‘Chocolate‘, a worryingly popular password gets hints like ‘candy‘, ‘favorite food‘, ‘hershey‘ and so on. Another surprisingly popular password for Adobe accounts is ‘adobeadobe‘, with hints like ‘adobex2‘.

Letmein! Adobe password crosswords reveal the worst and most popular passwords

This highlights how important good password choice is. You shouldn’t be surprised if someone guesses your favorite food is chocolate, or that your password is ‘asdfgh‘. That many of the worst passwords are also some of the most popular highlights how most people don’t take security seriously.

Play the Adobe Crosswords

If you have an Adobe account you can make sure you’re safe by resetting your password here.

If you use any of the passwords found in the crossword, you should change them to something much harder to guess!

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