If any of your passwords are on this list, then shame on you – and go
change them now.
Splash Data, which makes password management applications, has
released its annual "Worst Passwords" list compiled from common
passwords that are posted by hackers. The top three - "password,"
"123456," and "12345678? - have not changed since last year. New ones
include "jesus," "ninja," "mustang," "password1," and "welcome." Other
passwords have moved up and down on the list.
The most surprising addition is probably "welcome."
"That means people are not even changing default passwords," CEO
Morgan Slain told TIME Tech. "It doesn't take that much time to make a
new password."
You should have different passwords for all of your accounts. To make
it easier to remember them all, Slain suggests thinking about
passwords as "pass phrases." For instance, usea phrase like "dog eats
bone" and add underscores, dashes, hyphens,and other punctuation marks
to satisfy the special character requirement: "dog_eats_bone!"
Here's the full list:
1. password
2. 123456
3. 12345678
4. abc123
5. qwerty
6. monkey
7. letmein
8. dragon
9. 111111
10. baseball
11. iloveyou
12. trustno1
13. 1234567
14. sunshine
15. master
16. 123123
17. welcome
18. shadow
19. ashley
20. football
21. jesus
22. michael
23. ninja
24. mustang
25. password1
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