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Is your password on this list of 2014's worst passwords?

Password Fatigue



No matter how many times digital security experts exhort the public to use strong passwords, there are a surprising number of people who use passwords that are very easy to guess. For some reason, these are usually the same people who are shocked when someone breaks into their computer system and steals credit card or banking information. Well SplashData has published their list of the worst passwords on the internet, compiled from more than 3 million leaked passwords from 2014.

If your password is on this list, shame on you. Please consider using something like 1Password to create strong passwords and remember them for you.

The envelope, please...

The worst passwords of 2014 are:

  1. 123456

  2. password

  3. 12345

  4. 12345678

  5. qwerty

  6. 123456789

  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