Another year has passed and we’ve just started a new one. That means the ‘Best’ and ‘Wordst’ lists are ready to be published by most groups and research firms like SplashData. Same time last year, SplashData released the Worst Passwords of 2014 list. The most popular password was “123456” still on top of the ranking as with the previous year. This year, it’s still no different— “123456” is on top followed by “password”.
Are we surprised? Not really. But we’re wondering why people haven’t learned their lessons yet. As the most insecure passwords, geeks must have already thought about the possibility of being hacked easily. The No. 1 Worst Password has been reigning since 2011 so yes, you can say “123456” is already a grandslam winner.
For 2015, SplashData gathered information from over two million leaked passwords. That’s leaked passwords and not actual mobile phones so you know the group only focused on accounts that have been compromised easily. Here are the Top 10 Worst Passwords of 2015:
1.) 123456
2.) PASSWORD
3.) 12345678
4.) qwerty
5.) 12345
6.) 123456789
7.) football
8.) 1234
9.) 1234567
10.) baseball
Numbers 1,2, and 6 didn’t move from last year’s ranking. Majority are numerical passwords while two are interesting: football and baseball. No need to wonder because those two are favorite pastimes of the Americans.
Looking at the Top 25 list, we can say that more people have been influenced by Star Wars. There’s “solo”, princess”, and “starwars” which are new entries this year. More newcomers have been sighted including “passw0rd”, “login”, and “welcome”.
Here’s a rundown of the rest of the Top Worst Passwords:
11.) welcome (new)
12.) 1234567890 (new)
13.) abc123 (up 1)
14 – 111111 (up 1)
15.) 1qaz2wsx (new)
16.) dragon (down 7)
17.) master (up 2)
18.) monkey (down 6)
19.) letmein (down 6)
20.) login (new)
21.) princess (new)
22.) qwertyuiop (new)
23.) solo (new)
24.) passw0rd (new)
25.) starwars (new)
SplashData only has few things to say to the mobile industry: Use passwords or passphrases with mixed types of characters, don’t use the same password on different sites or accounts, and of course, take advantage of SplashID as your password manager.
SOURCE: SplashData
