Passwords 2018: Is the password you use sunshine, or monkey? Bad news: if a hacker tries to break into your account, guessing the password will be one of the first to try.
SplashData, a SplashID, TeamsID and Gpass password management company, has just released its annual "Worst Password" list.
The company reviewed over 5 million passwords leaked in 2018 and published the 25 most common. In total, these passwords are used by 10% of its users Internet.
Although most of the codes in the list have appeared in previous lists, the new list also includes the codes: princess, sunshine,! @ # $% ^ & *, And donald.
If you use any of the following passwords, replace it directly with a stronger one. Strong codes can be found with more than 16 digits, letters (lowercase) and special symbols.
Because it's impossible to remember these types of passwords, use a password manager. THE application Keepass, είναι open source, free and very reliable. It stores the codes locally (on your computer) and not in the cloud, with very strong encryption.
Let's look at the 25 passwords published by SplashData
25 Most Popular Passwords of 2018
- 123456
- Password
- 123456789
- 12345678
- 12345
- 111111
- 1234567
- sunshine
- QWERTY
- I love you
- princess
- admin
- welcome
- 666666
- abc123
- Football
- 123123
- monkey
- 654321
- ! @ # $% ^ & *
- charlie
- aa123456
- donald
- password1
- qwerty123
See also the top 100 passwords of 2018 from SplashData
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