Splashdata released the list of top 25 worst passwords of 2012 that - These passwords are the most commonly used on the internet and also hackers can easily hack if you used these passwords in any of your like Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo, Linkedin.
In a year with several high profile password hacking incidents at major sites including Yahoo, LinkedIn, eHarmony, and Last.fm, SplashData's list of frequently used passwords shows that many people continue to put themselves at risk by using weak, easily guessable passwords.
The top three passwords, "password," "123456," and "12345678," remain unchanged from last year's list.
New entries to this year's list include "welcome, " "jesus," "ninja," "mustang, " and "password1" Said Splashdata.
List of 25 worst Passwords in 2012:
- password
- 123456
- 12345678
- abc123
- qwerty
- monkey
- letmein
- dragon
- 111111
- baseball
- iloveyou
- trustno1
- 1234567
- sunshine
- master
- 123123
- welcome
- shadow
- ashley
- football
- jesus
- michael
- ninja
- mustang
- password1
These passwords are very easy to guess by anyone, If you using these passwords till - Please change it now itself to protect your account. And create a strong passwords with numbers and special characters to be safe. If any queries ask as in the comment section.
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