In 2003 AP News reported that an airline in southwestern China has paid $282,000 for the phone number 88888888. In recent years it has been rumored that a casino paid upwards of $1 Million for an all 8s number. As you may have figured out 8 is a lucky number in Asia.
In the United States, Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak was the first owner of the number, but it proved to be unusable. Apparently dialing all eights is as much fun for nerds as Minecraft. The “Woz” received over 100 wrong numbers daily.
Having lived in Asia I too became enamored of the numeral 8 and to this day use the word Eight and four numerals, 8888 for every one of my passwords. Please don’t tell anyone as that might compromise my security!