What’s The Password?
123456 still tops the list
Hard to believe, given all the security breaches and all the warnings to be more creative with passwords, that people are using things like 123456, qwerty and password to protect their online accounts. SplashData has put together its annual list of the world’s worst passwords, culled from two million that were leaked last year. New ones include solo, princess, starwars, football and baseball. Here are the 25 most popular passwords:
|
Rank |
Password |
Change from 2014 |
|
1 |
123456 |
Unchanged |
|
2 |
password |
Unchanged |
|
3 |
12345678 |
Up 1 |
|
4 |
qwerty |
Up 1 |
|
5 |
12345 |
Down 2 |
|
6 |
123456789 |
Unchanged |
|
7 |
football |
Up 3 |
|
8 |
1234 |
Down 1 |
|
9 |
1234567 |
Up 2 |
|
10 |
baseball |
Down 2 |
|
11 |
welcome |
New |
|
12 |
1234567890 |
New |
|
13 |
abc123 |
Up 1 |
|
14 |
111111 |
Up 1 |
|
15 |
1qaz2wsx |
New |
|
16 |
dragon |
Down 7 |
|
17 |
master |
Up 2 |
|
18 |
monkey |
Down 6 |
|
19 |
letmein |
Down 6 |
|
20 |
login |
New |
|
21 |
princess |
New |
|
22 |
qwertyuiop |
New |
|
23 |
solo |
New |
|
24 |
passw0rd |
New |
|
25 |
starwars |
New |
