In 2012, you’d hope the majority of people now know to stay away from common and easily hackable passwords, but with new research from SplashData we unfortunately find this is not the case. Amazingly, “password” still ranks as the number one most common password hackers find effective at breaching accounts, followed by “123456,” and some other passwords I bet you can guess.
SplashData pulled this information from hackers who posted online that these were common phrases they use to hack accounts. The company also performed this research last year and found that the three worst passwords are still the same this year. This means that people aren’t aware of the security risks and potential harm that could come to them. If you use any of the following 25 passwords you should seriously consider changing them to something new. Our strong password generator is a great tool that can help assist you in this process.
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