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Sensitive data such as passwords
are often posted online by
hackers who steal them during
attacks on websites and
corporate networks. This year,
most of the passwords came
from users in North America and
Western Europe.
Based on its analysis, SplashData
recommends that when crafting
your password:
Don't use keyboard patterns
e.g. "qwertyuiop" from the top
row of letters
Don't use a favourite sport –
baseball and football were
both in the Top 10, with
hockey, soccer and golf in the
Top 100.
Don't use your birthday or
birth year. People in their early
20s seemed to be especially
guilty of this, with the years
1989 to 1992 all in the top
100.
Don't use common names –
michael, jennifer, thomas,
jordan, hunter, michelle,
charlie, andrew and daniel
were all in the Top 50.
Here's the entire list:
1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345
4. 12345678
5. qwerty
6. 1234567890
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
CBC News - 25 worst passwords of 2014: Is yours on the leak list?
are often posted online by
hackers who steal them during
attacks on websites and
corporate networks. This year,
most of the passwords came
from users in North America and
Western Europe.
Based on its analysis, SplashData
recommends that when crafting
your password:
Don't use keyboard patterns
e.g. "qwertyuiop" from the top
row of letters
Don't use a favourite sport –
baseball and football were
both in the Top 10, with
hockey, soccer and golf in the
Top 100.
Don't use your birthday or
birth year. People in their early
20s seemed to be especially
guilty of this, with the years
1989 to 1992 all in the top
100.
Don't use common names –
michael, jennifer, thomas,
jordan, hunter, michelle,
charlie, andrew and daniel
were all in the Top 50.
Here's the entire list:
1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345
4. 12345678
5. qwerty
6. 1234567890
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
CBC News - 25 worst passwords of 2014: Is yours on the leak list?