Microsoft removed the common weak passwords

Enabling hackers to steal 117 million account on the site "LinkedIn", last week, where it was easy to predict Statistics passwords

As a result, the Microsoft Corp. to take security measures to protect its users accounts by banning the use of a weak password or common words.

The technology giant collection of weak passwords for demanding users changed and the use of stronger and more complicated to enter their personal accounts passwords.

And it began to "Microsoft" prepare a list of weak passwords in applications "Outlook" and "Office" and "Xbox" and "Skype" service "Azure AD".

Showed the site reports data "LinkedIn" that accounts for the theft suffered was caused by the use of simple passwords such as "123456" that was more passwords used during 2016, in addition to other words such as "password '" and "qwerty'" and "football ' ".

The ban could be considered weak passwords, or common, the biggest initiative of the technology giant "Microsoft" to ensure the safety systems through a "smart passwords."

Source: "The Daily Mail"