Are you using ‘123456’ as your password?...
…Then you should be scared of listening this!
- R.Surya Prakash Rao
Yeah! It is true!! If you are using ‘123456’
as your password to log in to your account, you should be scared of listening
this.
“Splash Data”, a company that makes
password management and productivity apps, released the list of most commonly
used passwords for the 3rd consecutive year 2013. The data revealed
that the passwords ‘123456’ and ‘password’ are the most commonly used passwords
on the internet. Users of these passwords are most likely to be the victims of
hacking. SplashData’s list of most commonly used passwords shows that many
people, in spite of many hacking incidents being taken place at major sites,
including Yahoo, LinkedIn, eHarmony, continue to put themselves in risk by
using these passwords. It may be noted that these passwords are easily
guessable and weak in nature. These are considered worst passwords.
The users of these passwords have to
be aware of the risk of using these passwords and take simple steps to protect
them selves, by changing password. They have to think of the terrific situation
of their stolen identity because of a stolen password.
Here is the list of most commonly
used and easily guessable and hacking prone passwords of 2012 and 2013.
Rank
|
2012
|
2013
|
1
|
password
|
123456
|
2
|
123456
|
password
|
3
|
12345678
|
12345678
|
4
|
abc123
|
qwerty
|
5
|
qwerty
|
abc123
|
6
|
monkey
|
123456789
|
7
|
letmein
|
111111
|
8
|
dragon
|
1234567
|
9
|
111111
|
iloveyou
|
10
|
baseball
|
adobe123
|
11
|
iloveyou
|
123123
|
12
|
trustno1
|
admin
|
13
|
1234567
|
1234567890
|
14
|
sunshine
|
letmein
|
15
|
master
|
photoshop
|
16
|
123123
|
1234
|
17
|
welcome
|
monkey
|
18
|
shadow
|
shadow
|
19
|
ashley
|
sunshine
|
20
|
football
|
12345
|
21
|
jesus
|
password1
|
22
|
michael
|
princess
|
23
|
ninja
|
azerty
|
24
|
mustang
|
trustno1
|
25
|
password1
|
000000
|