Source: Nitya Rajan (The Huffington Post UK) Most Popular (and Worst) Passwords Revealed!
Some internet users give precious little thought to online security, and this was made frighteningly apparent via The Huffington Post.
That’s right, the most popular (and worst) passwords have been unveiled.
Take a look down the list of the top 25:
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
If your password made it on the list – it’s probably time to update…
Here are a couple of tips on how to improve it:
- Use passwords of eight characters or more with mixed types of characters.
- Avoid using the same username / password combination for multiple websites.
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