They hacked the database containing information of around 37 million users.

Now a researcher has cracked hashes of almost 4000 passwords from data dump.

The results of his research reveal how insensible people become while setting passwords.

Researcher cracks 4000 Ashley Madison passwords and they are pretty stupid

The top two passwords in the sample were unsurprisingly 123456 and password.

Out of those 4000 cracked passwords only 1,191 were unique and the 20 most popular were truly abysmal.

Other passwords on the list included qwerty, ashley, and, curiously, fuckme and fuckyou.

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Setting secure password is an art which also requires updated and oriented knowledge of latest techniques used in hacking.

source: www.techworm.net