The worst passwords revealed. Are you guilty?
When it comes to internet security and safety, many people still insist on using bad passwords. On the World Wide Web, that’s like leaving your door unlocked to all your personal information. SplashNet, a password manager site, recently released their annual list of the most common passwords found on the internet. The site compiled data from 2.2 million passwords that were leaked during 2014.
Here’s a list of the top 25 passwords not to use. If you see your password on the list, go change it! Experts recommend using a combination of numbers, letters and capitalisations in your password.
1) 123456
2) password
3) 12345
4) 12345678
5) qwerty
6) 1234567890
7) 1234
8) baseball
9) dragon
10) football
11) 1234567
12) monkey
13) letmein
14) abc123
15) 111111
16) mustang
17) access
18) shadow
19) master
20) michael
21) superman
22) 696969
23) 123123
24) batman
25) trustno1
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