“123456” Overtakes “Password” As Internet’s Worst Password

SplashData has revealed that “123456” has overtaken “password” as the most common password chosen by internet users.

The leading app company has just published its annual “Worst Password” list, featuring 25 of the most commonly-used passwords on the internet.

The list was influenced by passwords from Adobe users that were posted online by consulting firm Stricture Consulting Group, following Adobe’s well publicised security breach.

“Password”, which took the title last year, was forced out of top position by two-time runner-up “123456”.

SplashData’s list shows that many people continue to risk their security by using weak and predictable passwords. Other passwords that made the Top Ten include “qwerty”, “iloveyou” and “abc123”.

Morgan Slain, CEO of SplashData, said: “Seeing passwords like ‘adobe123’ and ‘photoshop’ on this list offers a good reminder not to base your password on the name of the website or application you are accessing.

“Another interesting aspect of this year’s list is that more short numerical passwords showed up even though websites are starting to enforce stronger password policies.”

For example, new to this year’s list are simple and easily guessable passwords like “1234” at #16, “12345” at #20, and “000000” at #25.

Source: T3