Is This Your Password?

Source: Nitya Rajan (The Huffington Post UK)

Most Popular (and Worst) Passwords Revealed!

Some internet users give precious little thought to online security, and this was made frighteningly apparent via The Huffington Post.

That’s right, the most popular (and worst) passwords have been unveiled.

Take a look down the list of the top 25:

1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345678
4. qwerty
5. 12345
6. 123456789
7. football
8. 1234
9. 1234567
10. baseball
11. welcome
12. 1234567890
13. abc123
14. 111111
15. 1qaz2wsx
16. dragon
17. master
18. monkey
19. letmein
20. login
21. princess
22. qwertyuiop
23. solo
24. passw0rd
25. starwars

If your password made it on the list – it’s probably time to update…

Here are a couple of tips on how to improve it:

Use passwords of eight characters or more with mixed types of characters.
Avoid using the same username / password combination for multiple websites.

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