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worst password 2013 changes from previous year
worst password 2013 changes from previous year
Password security firm SplashData has published its list of the 25 worst passwords a person can use. Predictably, it was a competition between using “password’ and “123456” which were the 2012 winner and runner-up respectively.
This year, the two traded places making the six-digit sequential number the worst password a person can use. In third place was a closely related sequence to the winner, the eight digit sequential number “12345678”. Fourth and fifth places were taken by “qwerty” and “abc123” respectively.
Morgan Slain, CEO for SplashData, gave the common sense advice lacking from so many internet users and cautioned against using the website host name in the password even if it is followed by a series of numbers.
“Seeing passwords like ‘adobe123? and ‘photoshop’ on this list offers a good reminder not to base your password on the name of the website or application you are accessing.”
Given the severity of the Target hack now known to have affected 110 million customers, it would appear that users would have tightened up their security, but the exact opposite has been trending: users are more complacent in their password selection.
Here is the full list of the 25 most common passwords for 2013:
123456
password
12345678
qwerty
abc123
123456789
111111
1234567
iloveyou
adobe123
123123
admin
1234567890
letmein
photoshop
1234
monkey
shadow
sunshine
12345
password1
princess
azerty
trustno1
000000
on the web:
‘123456’ assumes the ‘worst password of 2013’ throne
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/01/21/worst-password-2013-named/