Password Falls in the Ranks of Favorite Bad Passwords

When it comes to choosing unsecure passwords, people instead show a preference for 123456 and 123456789.

What do President Donald Trump, the word password, and string 12345678 have in common?
All fell in the ranks of SplashDatas annual Worst Passwords of the Year list, published today. After making an appearance in the 2018 list, donald is not among this years top 25 most dangerous and commonly leaked passwords. Password, which has held first or second place in the nine years SplashData has been ranking risky passwords, has fallen into fourth place, and 12345678, previously number four, came in sixth.
The company
evaluated
more than 5 million passwords leaked on the Internet to compile this years list. In first place was 123456, holding the top spot from last year, followed by 123456789 and qwerty. While its positive to learn people are less frequently using password to secure their accounts, SplashData says, it warns many continue to employ easily guessable words and alphanumeric patterns. Many modern websites and applications prevent these simple passwords from being used; however, some older ones still allow it.
There were a few consistent passwords on this years list, among them princess, iloveyou, and welcome. New entries included 1q2w3e4r and qwertyuiop, which may seem complicated to some but likely wont trick hackers who can guess simple keyboard patterns.
Everyone, from consumers to high-profile tech companies, should be reconsidering their password practices. Facebook and Google were among the major corporations that made Dashlanes fourth annual list of Worst Password Offenders, also published this week. The list highlights prominent people and organizations that experienced password blunders in 2019.
Facebook took the
top spot
following incidents in which it exposed passwords of hundreds of millions of users and breached privacy by requesting new users email passwords and collecting contacts without consent. For years, we learned, Facebook stored account passwords in plaintext on internal data storage systems. The company also left a server unprotected sans password, exposing the
phone numbers
and records of more than 400 million people.
Google came in second. This year the tech giant admitted to accidentally storing some G Suite users passwords in plaintext since 2005. As Dashlane points out, incidents like this can have major implications for companies and their users if attackers get their hands on passwords.
Other mentions on the list include Lisa Kudrow, who took third place for posting an Instagram photo that had a Post-it with her password in the background. Congressman Lance Gooden was caught on camera unlocking his iPhone with passcode 777777 during the televised testimony from Mark Zuckerberg before the House Financial Services Committee. And WeWork made the list for using the same
weak password
across its entire global Wi-Fi network. Dashlanes list also included Elsevier, Virgin Media UK, GPS Trackers by Shenzhen i365 Tech, and Ellen Degeneres.
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