LOS GATOS, CA – SplashData has announced its annual list of the 25 most common passwords found on the Internet. For the first time since SplashData began compiling its annual list, "password" has lost its title as the most common and therefore Worst Password, and two-time runner-up "123456" took the dubious honor. "Password" fell to #2.
Read the full article here: http://splashdata.com/press/worstpasswords2013.htm
Presenting SplashData's "Worst Passwords of 2013":
Rank |
Password |
Change from 2012 |
1 |
123456 |
Up 1 |
2 |
password |
Down 1 |
3 |
12345678 |
Unchanged |
4 |
qwerty |
Up 1 |
5 |
abc123 |
Down 1 |
6 |
123456789 |
New |
7 |
111111 |
Up 2 |
8 |
1234567 |
Up 5 |
9 |
iloveyou |
Up 2 |
10 |
adobe123 |
New |
11 |
123123 |
Up 5 |
12 |
admin |
New |
13 |
1234567890 |
New |
14 |
letmein |
Down 7 |
15 |
photoshop |
New |
16 |
1234 |
New |
17 |
monkey |
Down 11 |
18 |
shadow |
Unchanged |
19 |
sunshine |
Down 5 |
20 |
12345 |
New |
21 |
password1 |
Up 4 |
22 |
princess |
New |
23 |
azerty |
New |
24 |
trustno1 |
Down 12 |
25 |
000000 |
New |
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