“We can tell that over the years people have begun moving toward more complex passwords, though they are still not going far enough as hackers can figure out simple alphanumeric patterns.” “Our hope by publishing this list each year is to convince people to take steps to protect themselves online, and we think these and other efforts are finally starting to pay off,” says Slain. SplashData, provider of password management applications TeamsID, Gpass, and SplashID, releases its annual list in an effort to encourage the adoption of stronger passwords. Common passwords that continually appear on the Worst Passwords list, beyond “password” and “123456”, include “princess”, “qwerty”, “iloveyou” and “welcome.” Using such letter/number combinations may seem to be complex but will not fool hackers who know millions of people use them.Įach year, SplashData evaluates millions of leaked passwords to determine which passwords were most used by computer users during that year. While many computer programs now prevent these passwords from being created in the first place, older applications and some websites still enable people to use dangerously weak passwords.Īmong the new entries this year are “1q2w3e4r” and “qwertyuiop” - simple patterns using contiguous keys on the keyboard. While the company is encouraged that “password” - among the worst of all bad passwords - has finally been dethroned, SplashData still finds that computer users continue using the same predictable, easily guessable words and alphanumeric patterns as their passwords. Presenting SplashData’s “Worst Passwords of 2019”: “Invoking the name of the president or any other celebrity as your password is a dangerous decision, one that hackers will exploit and put you at substantial risk of having your identity stolen,” said Morgan Slain, CEO of SplashData, Inc., a developer of password security solutions for personal and business protection. While making his 2018 debut on the annual list, compiled by SplashData after evaluating more than 5 million passwords leaked on the Internet, “donald” was nowhere to be found on the 2019 list. In other news, “password” has for the first time in the list’s history been knocked out of the top two spots.
In the company’s ninth annual installment of the Worst Passwords of the Year list, “donald” is not among the top 25 most dangerous and most commonly leaked passwords by hackers. While the president has been embroiled in the impeachment process and is on many people’s naughty lists this holiday season, one list he no longer will find his name is SplashData’s annual list of Worst Passwords.
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