The 25 Most Common Passwords

Posted 3687 days ago by Phil Vialoux

18 Nov 2014

 

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

  • 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.
  • In 2007 over 300 internet crimes are committed every hour
  • In 2011 hackers were taking about $1 billion USD a year
  • In 76% of online data breaches weak usernames or passwords were the   cause
  • 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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