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The company SplashData has released a list of the "most popular" Passwords of 2012, which listed the most commonly cracked passwords by hackers. The list is based on incidents related to hacking users of different web portals and services, including Yahoo, LinkedIn, eHarmony and Last.fm. In all cases, it was an incredibly simple (read stupid) password, which hackers could crack without any effort. The report points out that many users still do not pay too much attention to the security of their online sessions. According to experts, no matter how much effort is invested in the development of secure systems, encryption, cryptography and anti-hacking tools that are becoming increasingly complex, in the end it all falls apart if users supplied their account to hackers "on a platter" with a password that even little kids could reveal.