Do you ever wonder about internet security...No? Maybe you should.
What are your passwords? Do you think you’re doing enough to keep yourself safe online?
The list below shows the Top 25 most common (and worst) passwords on the internet
1. password | 14. master |
2. 123456 | 15. sunshine |
3. 12345678 | 16. ashley |
4. qwerty | 17. bailey |
5. abc123 | 18. Passw0rd |
6. monkey | 19. shadow |
7. 1234567 | 20. 123123 |
8. letmein | 21. 654321 |
9. trustno1 | 22. superman |
10. dragon | 23. qazwsx |
11. baseball | 24. michael |
12. 111111 | 25. football |
13. iloveyou |
Do you recognise any of these as your own? Is it time to change your password from ‘password’ to something a little bit more complex?
Check out these facts on account hacking
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According to Facebook itself over 600,000 accounts are hacked daily, but they do tell you to rest assured as this is only 0.06% of the daily logins. Somehow I’m not too convinced I have nothing to worry about.
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In 2007 over 300 internet crimes are committed every hour
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In 2011 hackers were taking about $1 billion USD a year
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In 76% of online data breaches weak usernames or passwords were the cause
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In 2011 a British man hacked his neighbours bank accounts and stole more than 35,000 Pounds using information they provided on Facebook
So how do you feel now?
Maybe time to change some (or all) of your passwords?
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