Passwords are easy to remember are also easy to be cracked. (photo: infobae.com)
What is the password that you use? Here are a combination of numbers or words on the most popular passwords that are easy to break into.
SplashData, a password management service company recently issued a list of passwords are the most widely used throughout the year 2014. This list is called "Worst Passwords" because the combination is so common.
According to a press release, the report made by SplashData because there were more than 3.3 million passwords have been leaked on the Internet in 2014. Most data comes from North America and Western Europe. List of the most popular password 2014 is not much different with the previous years. This indicates that the public does not really care to choose their passwords, whereas the number of hackers who broke into your account via the Internet is also increasing.
However, according to Mark Burnett, an online security expert quoted in the release SplashData, these trends indicate a move towards positive. "The good news, the number of people who use a combination of passwords has been diminishing market. In 2014, 25 of the most commonly used passwords which represents approximately 2.2 percent of all users." Burnett said.
Want to know what the worst passwords list SplasData version? Come check below. If you find one, let immediately change the password for the safety of your accounts.
1.123456
2.password
3.12345
4.12345678
5.qwerty
6.1234567890
7.1234
8.baseball
9.dragon
10.football
11.1234567
12.monkey
13.letmein
14.abc123
15.111111
16.mustang
17.access
18.shadow
19.master
20.michael
21.superman
22.696969
23.123123
24.batman
25.trustno1
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