what - bad passwords. Ex: password, 123456, 12345678, qwerty, abc123, monkey, 1234567 how - A list of the worst passwords of 2011 was published by Splashdata (www.splashdata.com) on Nov. 21. According to company CEO Morgan Slain, the list was compiled from files containing millions of stolen passwords posted online by hackers. why - Make people safer. "Just a little bit more sophistication in choosing passwords will go a long way toward making you safer online," when - November 25th, 2011 who - Brian Cormier