If You Use Any of These Passwords… It’s Time for a Change!
When it comes to your passwords you really have to get creative these days, and that means ditching obvious ones like “qwerty“ and “123456“, but also staying away from using “Blink182“. Yeah, the pop punk band might’ve been you’re favorite in the early 2000s, but the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) analyzed passwords from the accounts that had been breached of people worldwide, and found “blink182“ was the most commonly used musical artist, while “superman“ was the most commonly used fictional character. Also, don’t use “cowboys1“ unless you like getting hacked.
“123456” was the runaway winner, with 23.2 million accounts using the easy-to-crack code. “123456789” was used by 7.7 million, while “qwerty” and “password” were each used by more than 3 million accounts. “Ashley“ and “Michael“ were the most common names used, followed by “Daniel“, “Jessica” and “Charlie“.
The Dallas Cowboys “cowboys1″ was the most popular NFL team nickname, while “Sunday” was the most used day of the week and “August“ the most common month.
The 10 Most Commonly Used Passwords according to the new study by the National Cyber Security Centre.
- 123456
- 123456789
- qwerty
- password
- 111111
- 12345678
- abc123
- 1234567
- password1
- 12345
