Nowadays, every website you join or internet site you want to sign up for requires you to have a password. Most of us are forgetful and tend to put together a code that we will easily remember. Unfortunately, many hackers think the same way and are easily able to crack the code.
An internet security service company called Splash Data has been tracking this information for the past 10 years. The company has announced its annual list of the 25 most common passwords found on the Internet – thus making them the “Worst Passwords” that will expose anybody to being hacked or having their identities stolen.
In its fourth annual report, compiled from more than 3.3 million leaked passwords during the year, the following list of passwords is sure to be on a hackers lists.
1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345
4. 12345678
5. qwerty
6. 123456789
7. 1234
8. baseball
9. dragon
10. football
11. 1234567
12. monkey
13. letmein
14. abc123
15. 111111
16. mustang
17. access
18. shadow
19. master
20. michael
21. superman
22. 696969
23. 123123
24. batman
25. trustno1
So if you have valuable information that you may want to keep safe, my suggestion is you get creative. To prevent your codes to be forgotten, write down your codes in a good old little black book so that you can reference easily.
2014 Worst Passwords
