The Most Common Passwords Used Online in the Last Year Revealed (and 'Password' STILL Tops the List)
Want to guess someone's password? Try password, researchers have claimed. An annual study of the most commonly used passwords has found that password, 123456 and 12345678 are still the most commonly used passwords – despite years of security experts urging people to change them to more secure versions. 'Just in time for Halloween comes something that might scare anyone who spends a lot of time online: SplashData's annual list of the most common passwords used on the Internet and posted by hackers,' the researchers said. 'Users of any of these passwords are the most likely to be victims in future breaches.' The latest list comes following 12 months of high profile hacks that have revealed user passwords. Yahoo, LinkedIn, eHarmony, and Last.fm have all suffered major breaches. However, some people have updated their passwords, and the research found new entries to this year's list include 'welcome', 'jesus' 'ninja,'mustang' and 'password1.' The firm behind the study, Splashdata, warned users to change their password. October 27, 2012 Copyright © 2012 Daily Mail
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