TECH TIP! Top 25 Worst Passwords

The following tech tip is provided by Kevin McCarthy, VP of Operations at Afinety.     

 

SplashData, which makes password management applications, releases an annual "Worst Passwords" list compiled from common passwords that are posted by hackers.  The top three -- "password," "12345678," and "123456," -- have not changed since last year.  New ones include "jesus," "ninja," "mustang," "password1," and "welcome." Other passwords have moved up and down on the list, which suggests that changing people's habits isn't easy.

 

Time Tech suggests you should have different passwords for all of your accounts. To make it easier to remember them, think about passwords as "passphrases."  For instance, use a phrase like "dog eats bone" and add underscores, dashes, hyphens, and other punctuation marks to satisfy the special character requirement: "dog_eats_bone!"*

 

Ready for the list of the worst? 

 

Here it is:

1. password
2. 123456
3. 12345678
4. abc123
5. qwerty 
6. monkey
7. letmein
8. dragon
9. 111111
10. baseball
11. iloveyou
12. trustno1
13. 1234567
14. sunshine
15. master
16. 123123
17. welcome
18. shadow
19. ashley
20. football
21. jesus
22. michael
23. ninja
24. mustang
25. password1

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