Thursday, October 25, 2012

2012 List of Worst Passwords

SplashData has just released its annual list of the worst passwords, which features the most common phrases used on the Internet and posted by hackers.

Here’s the complete list:

1. password (unchanged)
2. 123456 (unchanged)
3. 12345678 (unchanged)
4. abc123 (up 1)
5. qwerty (down 1)
6. monkey (unchanged)
7. letmein (up 1)
8. dragon (up 2)
9. 111111 (up 3)
10. baseball (up 1)
11. iloveyou (up 2)
12. trustno1 (down 3)
13. 1234567 (down 6)
14. sunshine (up 1)
15. master (down 1)
16. 123123 (up 4)
17. welcome (new)
18. shadow (up 1)
19. ashley (down 3)
20. football (up 5)
21. jesus (new)
22. michael (up 2)
23. ninja (new)
24. mustang (new)
25. password1 (new)
at 7:53:00 AM

17 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 25, 2012 at 1:42 PM

    Whew! '=FLb@f4kW2qhXQmEPLKZ' wasn't on there. I'm relieved!

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    1. AnonymousOctober 25, 2012 at 5:14 PM

      Neither was: kjGJDthgJHkjhkGhtfHGFDhtfgjyohUHyujihfYU2T5F8g4Y9U29081267964rYJHghlkjHKfdyrfYUoi
      Thank goodness

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    2. KarenOctober 25, 2012 at 5:42 PM

      hahaha!

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    3. AnonymousOctober 25, 2012 at 6:28 PM

      It was number 26!

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  2. AnonymousOctober 25, 2012 at 1:46 PM

    That these still exist remains a mystery.

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  3. SammysDadOctober 25, 2012 at 4:47 PM

    Where's "ObamaSucks?"

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    1. AnonymousOctober 29, 2012 at 7:16 PM

      I'll use that the next time I have to reset because I forgot my password! I love it!!

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    2. TomtomOctober 30, 2012 at 3:34 AM

      I used his motto"Hope and Change". I changed it cause I lost hope.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 25, 2012 at 4:50 PM

    Does this call for a government program to audit all passwords as a part of national security? Just give all your passwords to the government and everything will be ok. :-)

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  5. AnonymousOctober 25, 2012 at 4:51 PM

    hard to believe there aren't any political candidates with a descriptive modifier attached.
    ie, senilemccain or uglypelosi.

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    1. AnonymousOctober 25, 2012 at 10:59 PM

      Good thinking! The mind boggles at the opportunities for satisfaction!

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  6. Richard BurkOctober 25, 2012 at 4:57 PM

    I propose that every password management system just load these top 25 as invalid. Add to the list each year. sure the list gets longer each year, but the passwords will get harder to guess each year too.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 25, 2012 at 5:00 PM

    You use =FLb@f4kW2qhXQmEPLKZ too?! Aw come on, now I have to go change mine...

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  8. AnonymousOctober 25, 2012 at 6:08 PM

    I aint tellin no one my secret password is punkin pie!
    Cleetus

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  9. AnonymousOctober 25, 2012 at 7:16 PM

    In 1997, I worked for a Hospital in S. Florida. I read a similar list with the top four passwords (at the time). They were something like God, Love, Secret, Password. Just being a kid (I was 19), I tried to log into the manager's screen with one of the above. Bingo! I logged out immediately. Three days later I was called into HR and fired.
    Lesson. Don't test the passwords at work unless you want a pink slip!

    -edward

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    1. AnonymousNovember 1, 2012 at 1:19 AM

      Serves you right. But the manager should be fired too for endangering the company security ... huh?

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  10. AnonymousOctober 31, 2012 at 1:19 PM

    Where's Bungholio?

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