This particular list originates from the OWASP SecLists Project ( ) and is copied from its content on GitHub ( ) to link it more conveniently from Wikipedia. The OWASP project publishes its SecList software content as CC-by-SA 3.0 this page takes no position on whether the list data is subject to database copyright or public domain. It represents the top 10,000 passwords from a list of 10 million compiled by Mark Burnett for other specific attribution see the readme file. The passwords were listed in a numerical order, but the blocks of entries and positions of some simpler entries (e.g.
'experienced' at 9975 and 'doom' at 9983) hint this may not be a sorted list.
