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Having a root password of "toor" is very clever. Nobody will figure that one out.

toor was a default password for many devices for decades.

I've used unix-like OS's for 28 years and I don't remember coming across it as a password.

It is a common username (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toor_(Unix) ), the machine I am typing this on has it.

It was the default password for the root user in Kali Linux for a while.

Back when it was called Backtrack if my memory serves right. I remember being puzzled that it was not the case anymore one day and they even switched to regular user around when Kali became a thing

Slackware used it in the late 90s IIRC.

Did you check out the statistics on the site? They listed 1233456, 12345, 1234,123 and 1 on the toplist of password.

If we are going to be clever we should follow the statistics and go for 12 that where not on the toplist!!

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