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Do not use these 25 passwords

MyBroadband

 ·23 Jan 2016

Security applications provider Splashdata has released its list of the 25 most common passwords found on the Internet.

The list revealed that “123456” remains the most common password, followed by “password” and “12345678”.

Splashdata’s Worst Passwords report is compiled using millions of leaked passwords over the last year.

The list of passwords shows that many people continue to put themselves at risk by using weak passwords.

“Passwords based on simple patterns on your keyboard remain popular despite how weak they are,” said SplashData.

“Any password using numbers alone should be avoided, especially sequences. As more websites require stronger passwords or combinations of letters and numbers, longer keyboard patterns are becoming common passwords, and they are still not secure.”

Here are SplashData’s Worst Passwords of 2015:

1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345678
4. qwerty
5. 12345
6. 123456789
7. football
8. 1234
9. 1234567
10. baseball
11. welcome
12. 1234567890
13. abc123
14. 111111
15. 1qaz2wsx
16. dragon
17. master
18. monkey
19. letmein
20. login
21. princess
22. qwertyuiop
23. solo
24. passw0rd
25. starwars

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