I have a Blogger who informed me he has a password of 33 characters.It beats me how he remembers it?
SplashData said it compiled the list from files containing stolen passwords posted online by hackers.
Many on the list are sequences of numbers between 1 and 6 in order, either forward or backward. Sequences of letters on the keyboard in order, such as “qwerty” and “qazwsx” were also common, as were some first names, sports and animals.
The complete Top 25 are:
- password
- 123456
- 12345678
- qwerty
- abc123
- monkey
- 1234567
- letmein
Tips for strong passwords
- Make them eight characters or more, with a mix of characters, e.g., letters, numbers, symbols.
- One way to create longer, easy-to-remember passwords is to separate short words with spaces or other characters, e.g., “eat cake at 8!”
- Don’t use the same username/password combination for multiple websites.
- Use a password manager if you have trouble remembering your passwords. SplashData makes one called SplashID Safe.
Source: SplashData Inc.
- trustno1
- dragon
- baseball
- 111111
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- iloveyou
- master
- sunshine
- ashley
- bailey
- passw0rd
- shadow
- 123123
- 654321
- superman
- qazwsx
- michael
- football
In the past year, hacker collectives such as Lulz Security, also known as LulzSec, have taken responsibility for cyberattacks on websites such as Sony and Nintendo, and have posted stolen data such as usernames and passwords online that they claimed were from those sites and others, including Facebook and PayPal.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/22/technology-worst-passwords-splashdata.html