Every year Splash Data compiles stolen passwords that were posted on the internet and forms a list of the most common passwords – well you call also call them the worst and most stupid passwords of all time.
Well if you still use any of the passwords below then your Internet and computer usage needs holy intervention. Atleast use tools like LassPass or 1Password to generate for you secure passwords and all you to do is remember one good one.
I have used some pretty damn passwords but these 25 left me perplexed;
1. 123456 (Unchanged)
2. password (Unchanged)
3. 12345 (Up 17)
4. 12345678 (Down 1)
5. qwerty (Down 1)
6. 123456789 (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)
And there goes the list of the commonest passwords at a time when the internet can control anything!
*quiet sobbing
List Source: Splash Data
