Wednesday, January 22, 2014

The Internet's 25 Dumbest Passwords

SplashData has announced its annual list of the 25 most common passwords found on the Internet. For the first time since SplashData began compiling its annual list, "password" has lost its title as the most common and therefore Worst Password, and two-time runner-up "123456" took the dubious honor. "Password" fell to #2.

Presenting SplashData's "Worst Passwords of 2013":

Rank
Password
Change from 2012
1
123456
Up 1
2
password
Down 1
3
12345678
Unchanged
4
qwerty
Up 1
5
abc123
Down 1
6
123456789
New
7
111111
Up 2
8
1234567
Up 5
9
iloveyou
Up 2
10
adobe123
New
11
123123
Up 5
12
admin
New
13
1234567890
New
14
letmein
Down 7
15
photoshop
New
16
1234
New
17
monkey
Down 11
18
shadow
Unchanged
19
sunshine
Down 5
20
12345
New
21
password1
Up 4
22
princess
New
23
azerty
New
24
trustno1
Down 12
25
000000
New

2 comments:

  1. How about the worlds most convenient passwords for those who hate being told that their passwords need to have at least one capital, one number, be 16 characters long, and have to answer three questions to get in. The internet has become the land of too many passwords just to get around...It's the equivalent of putting locks on every door and drawer in your house then wondering why it takes ten minutes to get to the bathroom. If a person wants these passwords then let them have it for pete's sake.

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    1. Well said! I even have to use a multi-character password just to log into my gym's scheduling app to schedule a workout! Who cares! It's mindless password inflation.

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