{"id":56216,"date":"2013-11-25T17:08:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T15:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=56216"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:00:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:00:46","slug":"letmein-adobe-password-crosswords-reveal-the-worst-and-most-popular-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/letmein-adobe-password-crosswords-reveal-the-worst-and-most-popular-passwords\/","title":{"rendered":"Letmein! Adobe password crosswords reveal the worst and most popular passwords"},"content":{"rendered":"

Details of 153 million Adobe<\/strong><\/a> accounts were stolen by hackers recently, and now the top 1000 passwords and their related clues have been made into crossword puzzles. They offer a fascinating insight into how we make passwords, and can also teach you the pitfalls of password choice.<\/p>\n

Each clue on the crossword gives you a selection of the hints people use to remind themselves of the password. ‘Chocolate<\/strong>‘, a worryingly popular password gets hints like ‘candy<\/strong>‘, ‘favorite food<\/strong>‘, ‘hershey<\/strong>‘ and so on. Another surprisingly popular password for Adobe accounts is ‘adobeadobe<\/strong>‘, with hints like ‘adobex2<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n

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This highlights how important good password choice is. You shouldn’t be surprised if someone guesses your favorite food is chocolate, or that your password is ‘asdfgh<\/strong>‘. That many of the worst passwords are also some of the most popular highlights how most people don’t take security seriously.<\/p>\n

Play the Adobe Crosswords<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have an Adobe account you can make sure you’re safe by resetting your password here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you use any of the passwords found in the crossword, you should change them to something much harder to guess!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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