Last month's theft of 32 million passwords from a social networking software company has given researchers a unique window into just how insecure many security passwords may be, the New York Times reports. Among the passwords examined, the top five include "123456," "12345," "123456789," "password" and "iloveyou." When it comes to creating easy passwords, "I guess it's just a genetic flaw in humans," says Amichai Shulman, chief technology officer at Imperva, a company that develops software to block hack attacks. "We've been following the same patterns since the 1990s." Hackers, however, have mastered the art of breaking into many accounts at once, often just by choosing from those most commonly used passwords. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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