On: 1.4B Clear Text Credentials Discovered in a Single Database

[LeonM]

How comes that 'homelesspa' ranks 13 on the most used passwords? I mean, I understand why '123456' and 'password' are in the list, but a seemingly random combination of words such as 'homelesspa'?

I did found this: https://twitter.com/clinton_ngn/status/736247662866006018 But no real explanation

[michaelmcmillan → LeonM]

Most likely a bot that registered a ton of users with the same password.

[kevin_thibedeau → LeonM]

Could be added to detect who is scanning with this list. Akin to mapmakers adding fake streets.

[dabber → kevin_thibedeau]

Map makers add fake streets to mark their maps?

[bklaasen → dabber]

Yes, they're called "trap streets": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street

[seanalltogether → LeonM]

It looks like 427 million of these entries came from a myspace breach.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11788694