Hands up, how many of you are using terrible passwords for multiple accounts online?
SplashData, a California-based password management company have compiled a list of the worst passwords of 2015 with some interesting results.
The top 25 worst passwords to have feature nine new arrivals on the list including ‘welcome’ and ‘login’.The second most common and second worst password is, of course, ‘password’.
Star Wars obviously has had an impact on people’s online security habits with words like ‘solo’ and ‘princess’ making appearances on the list.
According to the data, passwords are getting longer but this doesn’t mean you’ll be any more protected. For example, many people are combining ‘password’ with a series of digits like ‘123456’. which is still incredibly easy to guess for people trying to hack into your accounts.
The top ten worst passwords are below(read the full list on The Daily Dot), and you should change yours regularly because according to Stanford University: “Passwords are often stolen without the knowledge of the victim, and stolen passwords often aren’t used immediately. They’re collected, sold to organized crime, rebundled and resold, and left unused for some time.”
Most Common Terrible Passwords
- 123456
- password
- 12345678
- qwerty
- 12345
- 123456789
- football
- 1234
- 1234567
- baseball
