{"id":115875,"date":"2020-12-09T17:18:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T22:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/?p=115875"},"modified":"2022-08-06T12:47:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T16:47:20","slug":"these-passwords-are-not-protecting-your-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/these-passwords-are-not-protecting-your-info\/","title":{"rendered":"These Passwords are Not Protecting Your Info"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

\"These<\/a>It is 2020<\/strong> and among all the other things going on during this dumpster-fire<\/a> of a year – passwords are still a problem<\/strong>. According to a list of the 200 worst passwords of 2020 from NordPass<\/a>, millions of people are still using \u201c123456<\/strong>” and \u201cpassword<\/strong>\u201d as part of their login credentials. These passwords are the worst you can use year in and year out they have been the worst since I started tracking them on the Bach Seat<\/a> in 2011<\/a>.\u201c123456,\u201d has been breached more than 23 million times<\/strong> alone, according to<\/a> NordPass. To protect your data – stop using \u201c123456″ and \u201cpassword.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/a>Half of the top 25 passwords are new offenders for 2020. But NordPass says any of the top 25 bad passwords typically take less than a second to crack. Don’t be fooled – using some variation of the number bar<\/strong>, such as \u201c000000″ or \u201c123123\u201d does not add extra security<\/strong> to your account. Similarly, any adjacent-key letter combo<\/strong> you are using such as \u201cqwertyuiop\u201d or \u201casdfghjkl,\u201d can be easily cracked<\/strong> in less than a second\u2019s time, the company said.<\/p>\r\n

2020's Worst Passwords<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
2020 Rank<\/th>Password<\/th>Change from 2019<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>123456<\/td>-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>123456789<\/td>-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>picture1<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>password<\/td>-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>12345678<\/td>+1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>111111<\/td>+3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>123123<\/td>+3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>12345<\/td>-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>1234567890<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>senha<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>1234567<\/td>-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>qwerty<\/td>-9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>abc123<\/td>-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>Million2<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>000000<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>1234<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>iloveyou<\/td>-9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>aaron431<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>password1<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>qqww1122<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>123<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>omgpop<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>123321<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>654321<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>qwertyuiop<\/td>-10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\r\n

\"data<\/a>Methodology: The list of passwords was compiled by Nordpass,\u00a0 which sells a password manager, in partnership with a third-party company specializing in data breach<\/strong> research. They evaluated a database that contained 275,699,516 passwords<\/strong> in total.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Stay safe out there!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n

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