370 Passwords Banned by Twitter

What do 111111, 123456, aaaaaa, abc123, beavis, cheese, password and rush2112 have in common? They’re on the list of passwords banned by Twitter after the microblogging service hard-coded 370 unacceptable passwords on its sign-up page, TechCrunch reported.

The list was uncovered by examining the source code for the sign-up page, according to TechCrunch.

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