You might want to check this list then change some of your passwords that you use to protect your accounts…. especially if your password is password. T hat’s because according to recent study.
Others on the list included 123456, qwerty and monkey. I’m not sure why so many people would use the word monkey… that’s kinda queer!
Here are the 25 Words Password of 2011 according to online hackers. According to Masable.com, SplashData created the following rankings based on millions of stolen passwords posted online by hackers.
Here is the complete list:
- 1. password
- 2. 123456
- 3.12345678
- 4. qwerty
- 5. abc123
- 6. monkey
- 7. 1234567
- 8. letmein
- 9. trustno1
- 10. dragon
- 11. baseball
- 12. 111111
- 13. iloveyou
- 14. master
- 15. sunshine
- 16. ashley
- 17. bailey
- 18. passw0rd
- 19. shadow
- 20. 123123
- 21. 654321
- 22. superman
- 23. qazwsx
- 24. michael
- 25. football
Security professionals say they most protective passwords are generally multiple words or ocmplete sentences and should contain a variety of characters such as a combination of numbers, letters and punctiation. Sentences that are hard to guess are also reccommended.
If a password, or PIN, can only require numbers then experts discourage using your birthday or someone else’s birthday. Those are generally the most guessed.
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