'123456' still tops the list of Worst Passwords

[Catty1]

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/12345...ords-1.2197027



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Published Tuesday, January 20, 2015 9:38AM EST
As it does every year, SplashData has published its Top 25 Worst Passwords ranking, revealing the most used and most predictable combinations of characters on the web in 2014.
Since the first edition in 2011, "123456" and "password" have consistently claimed the top two spots.
The Top 25 Worst Passwords of 2014:
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
SplashData is a publisher of online password management solutions. Its ranking is based on over 3.3 million passwords recorded through its services, namely in the US.

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[Karen]

And in other news, humans are still predictable - why does this story ever make the news? Has anyone who cared about password security ever even bothered to read this type of report?

[Catty1]

Well, hopefully a few people will look at it and might even get the message. One can hope.