Is Your Password Secure? Not if It's on This List Jenny Hollander - Bustle
go to original January 25, 2014

If your password is “123456” or ”Password,” you’re doing Internet security wrong — and you’re not alone. According to password-management firm SplashData, which analyzed passwords that hackers posted online last year, the top two most common passwords are “123456,” and “Password.” Good job, people.

For the first time this year, “123456” took the top spot and left “Password” in second place, followed by ”12345678.” So now we know that all of the NSA surveillance revelations last year didn’t leave everybody that much more concerned about Internet security…

Of course, the problem with easily-guessed passwords like, well, “Password” is that they’re easy to break into. Not only can hackers and bugs crack your social-media accounts, they can also hack online accounts like PayPal, which endangers your hard-earned dollar. Regardless, people continue to prioritize easy-to-remember passwords — a sequence of numbers or words, like “qwerty,” “000000,” and “admin” — over Internet safety.

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

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