Gawker Password Stats -- The Sad Reality

I stumbled upon a list of passwords that apparently belong(ed) to Gawker Media. For a fairly long time I assumed that people finally understood that passwords are worth something only if they're strong, say, if they contain a wide range of alphanumeric characters. The sad reality is that my assumption was very, very wrong. The list of 250 passwords contain disappointing passwords, such as '123456' or 'password'.



If anyone wants to play a bit more with the spreadsheet containing the top 250 passwords, here it is: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AiRzD6SQ2VmHdDRObkZCNjVIemFfYXRqYkxOWkRaNmc&hl=en&authkey=CI6RvNcF