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by erulastiel 2 hours ago
toor was a default password for many devices for decades.
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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.