- SplashData recently released its annual list of 25 most commonly used passwords on the internet. The list compiled from more than 3.3 million leaked passwords during 2014 shows that even such brazen hacking incidents have failed to wake up the majority of netizens globally.
- Much of the online population still doesn't make an effort to create strong passwords, putting itself in grave risk online.
- Like in the earlier lists, simple numeric passwords remain commonplace, with nine of the top 25 passwords in the 2014 list comprising numbers only. There are some new entries too in the list, which -- as expected -- are easy-to-guess words.
1. 123456 (Unchanged from 2013)
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3. 12345 (Up 17)
4. 12345678 (Down 1)
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6. 1234567890 (Unchanged)
7. 1234 (Up 9)
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11. 1234567 (Down 4)
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14. abc123 (Down 9)
15. 111111 (Down 8)
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22. 696969 (New)
23. 123123 (Down 12)
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25. trustno1 (Down 1)
Source -- TOI
