Online Privacy

'Password' Most Commonly Hacked Password

  • First Posted: Nov 22 2011 09:50 AM
  • Updated: 21 minutes ago

And no, your clever 'passw0rd' isn't much better.

The most commonly hacked online password of the year is, to no one's surprise, "password," according to a survey that examined the passwords associated with compromised data. SplashData, a password management company, found that common names for younger people, such as Michael or Ashley, as well as simple strings of numbers, such as 123456, were among the 25 most common passwords of the last year. If any of your passwords are on this list, then we recommend you either a), change your passwords, lest your OkCupid profile goes viral, or b), just stop using the Internet altogether.

The top 25 are:

  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

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