SplashData, a software company in Los Gatos, California, that offers a number of password management solutions has done a collation of the 100 worst passwords from 2019.

 

This year was filled with data leaks and information leak, having a strong password would seem like common sense?

 

Well, read this full article and see that it is not really commonplace to have secure passwords.

 

 

SplashData compilation of 2019’s 100 worst passwords is based on how frequently they show up in a list of over five million passwords found in data breaches.

 

The list includes typical, terrible choices, like “password,” but there are also some surprises, like “banana” and “dragon.”

 

“Our hope by publishing this list each year is to convince people to take steps to protect themselves online, and we think these and other efforts are finally starting to pay off,” SplashData CEO Morgan Slain said in a press statement.

 

He further expanded on the risk some people may face:

 

“We can tell that over the years people have begun moving toward more complex passwords, though they are still not going far enough as hackers can figure out simple alphanumeric patterns.”

The worst 25 passwords of 2019

SplashData estimates that about 10 percent of people have used at least one of the top 25 worst passwords on the list, and about 3 percent have used the number one offender this year. Here are the 25 most hacker-prone passwords, in descending order from worst to well, less-worse:

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1) 123456

2) 123456789

3) qwerty

4) password

5) 1234567

6) 12345678

7) 12345

8) iloveyou

9) 111111

10) 123123

11) abc123

12) qwerty123

13) 1q2w3e4r

14) admin

15) qwertyuiop

16) 654321

17) 555555

18) lovely

19) 7777777

20) welcome

21) 888888

22) princess

23) dragon

24) password1

25) 123qwe

 

For the full list of the top 100 worst passwords, click here.

 

If you see your password on this list, then you should consider doing better. except you don’t mind being hacked and your private information getting leaked on the internet.

 

I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? Your n*des will get leaked or even worse your financial details?

 

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