An embarrassing look at the top 25 most commonly used (and worst) passwords

 

Did you resolve to increase your security in 2015? If the list of top passwords used in 2014 is anything to go by, a lot of people should have had this right at the top of their list of New Year’s resolutions.
Security and password firm SplashData has published its annual list of the most common (worst, in other words) passwords that are in use.

Rank	Password	Change
1	123456	Unchanged
2	password	Unchanged
3	12345	Up 17
4	12345678	Down 1
5	qwerty	Down 1

6	1234567890	Unchanged
7	1234	Up 9
8	baseball	New
9	dragon	New
10	football	New
11	1234567	Down 4
12	monkey	Up 5
13	letmein	Up 1
14	abc123	Down 9
15	111111	Down 8
16	mustang	New
17	access	New
18	shadow	Unchanged
19	master	New
20	michael	New
21	superman	New
22	696969	New
23	123123	Down 12
24	batman	New
25	trustno1	Down 1

Needless to say, if you spot a password you’re using listed above, do yourself a favor and change it this instant. After you’ve punched yourself in the face first, that is.

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