{"id":120771,"date":"2021-11-29T17:52:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T22:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/?p=120771"},"modified":"2022-12-03T15:17:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T20:17:39","slug":"passwords-that-wont-keep-you-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/passwords-that-wont-keep-you-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Passwords That Won’t Keep You Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"These<\/a>I could not let 2021<\/strong> wrap up without the annual look at the OMG WTF are they thinking worst passwords list<\/strong>. I have been covering the sorry-state of passwords since 2010<\/a> and unfortunately little has changed. The biggest change has come in the increased number of mega-breaches<\/a> leaking passwords all over the Intertubes.<\/p>\r\n

\"Nordpass<\/a>Here is NordPass’s<\/a> 2021 list. Nordpass and independent cybersecurity researchers evaluated a database with 4 terabytes’ worth of data<\/strong>. You can visit the NordPass website<\/a> to see all 200 of the entries from 2021. But here are the top 25 most common passwords:<\/p>\r\n

2021's Worst Passwords<\/h2>\n2021's 25 worst passwords compiled by Nordpass.<\/span>\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
Rank<\/th>Password<\/th>Change from 2020<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>123456<\/td>-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>123456789<\/td>-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>12345<\/td>+5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>qwerty<\/td>+8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>password<\/td>(1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>12345678<\/td>-+1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>111111<\/td>(2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>123123<\/td>(2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>1234567890<\/td>(1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>1234567<\/td>+1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>qwerty123<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>000000<\/td>+3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>1q2w3e<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>aa12345678<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>abc123<\/td>(2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>password1<\/td>+3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>1234<\/td>(1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>qwertyuiop<\/td>+6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>123321<\/td>+4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>password123<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>1q2w3e4r5t<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>iloveyou<\/td>(5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>654321<\/td>+1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>666666<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>987654321<\/td>New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\r\n

Bad password factoids<\/h3>\r\n