Top ten p@ss words

LONDON: At first blush, SplashData’s annual list of the 25 most common passwords – compiled from files posted online in the wake of security breaches – is not the sort of document that instils great faith in the cleverness of online masses.

On the other hand, some password has to be the most popular. Wouldn’t it be weird if it weren’t something really dumb and obvious?

Keep in mind that the report only tells us the popularity of the top passwords relative to one another, not their absolute popularity.

It’s conceivable, then, that both “password” and “123456” are less common across the internet than they were a year ago

SplashData chief executive Morgan Slain confirmed thatthe weakest passwords had declined in popularity.

Here’s SplashData’s 10 worst passwords, along with expert analysis. –The Independent-Washington Post

1: 123456 – I can’t be bothered to take even the most basic step to protect my information.

2: password – I failed to understand the question.

3: 12345678 – I tried “123456,” but the computer said I had to use at least eight characters.

4: qwerty – Aren’t I clever? My password is written on the keyboard.

5: abc123 – I’m a fan of the Jackson Five.

6: 123456789 – I’m a positive-integer maximalist.

7: 111111 – I found one of the few passwords that’seasy to crack and hard to remember.

8: 1234567 – Seven is my lucky number!

9: iloveyou – I’m Theodore Twombly (character from the film Her).

10: adobe123 – You may have cracked my Adobe password, hacker, but you’ll never guess my password for Microsoft! – Daily Mail