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Re:55,000 Twitter passwords leaked by VBprogrammer on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @05:02PM (#3945752)
Does anyone know the significance of 315475 as a password? I can't immediately see what would make this so popular.

Unless of course as other people pointed out its just the same person who registered a large portion of these accounts.

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Re:55,000 Twitter passwords leaked by webmonkeyuk on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @06:15PM (#3946053)
See http://psx-scene.com/forums/f195/twitter-1200-follwer-hack-v... and (linked to from there) http://pastebin.com/0hcDigvU
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Re:55,000 Twitter passwords leaked by gkelly on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @05:15PM (#3945802)
Perhaps because it's fairly easy to type on a number pad?
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Re:55,000 Twitter passwords leaked by dredmorbius on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @07:08PM (#3946252)
Many numbers are.

Fair point.

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