{"id":79095,"date":"2016-01-25T21:17:14","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T02:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-11-28T16:10:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T21:10:40","slug":"2015s-worst-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/2015s-worst-passwords\/","title":{"rendered":"2015&#8217;s Worst Passwords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/elcomsofts-internet-password-breakers-scares-the-crap-out-of-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-104084 size-medium\" title=\"2015's Worst Passwords\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Password_Dog.jpg?resize=150%2C113&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2015's Worst Passwords\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Password_Dog.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Password_Dog.jpg?resize=75%2C56&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Password_Dog.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Followers of <a href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\"><em>Bach Seat<\/em><\/a> know that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/password-free-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passwords<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2wgaW-kq6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suck<\/a><\/strong>. For even more proof that passwords suck, the password-management company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.splashdata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SplashData<\/a> released its fifth annual list of the most <strong>popular passwords<\/strong>. SplashData studied more than 2 million passwords that were leaked in <strong>2015<\/strong>\u00a0and identified the most commonly leaked passwords and those that were <strong>least secure<\/strong> from Western European and North American users according to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-most-popular-passwords-of-2015-2016-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>2015&#8217;s worst passwords<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.splashdata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"SplashData logo noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-104100 size-full\" title=\"SplashData logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/splashdata_logo-1.png?resize=133%2C45&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SplashData logo\" width=\"133\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/splashdata_logo-1.png?w=133&amp;ssl=1 133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/splashdata_logo-1.png?resize=75%2C25&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>Most of the 2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210128070035\/https:\/\/www.teamsid.com\/worst-passwords-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">results<\/a> are not surprising.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>123456 is the most common password. It has been #1 since 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Password is the second most common password. It too has been #2 since 2013. Password was the most common password in 2012 and 2011.<\/li>\n<li>12345678 is the third most common password found in the Splash data results. In fact, 12345678 has been the most consistent performer, having been in the #3 place four of the past five years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One surprise was that the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/info_7750486_disneys-marketing-strategies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disney<\/a> marketing machine was able to get <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Wars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Star Wars<\/a> related terms into the top 25 worst passwords in 2015.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"21\">\n<li>princess<\/li>\n<li>solo<\/li>\n<li>starwars<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Here&#8217;s SplashData&#8217;s full list. If your password is on here, think about changing it.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-40-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-40\">25 Worst passwords<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-40\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-40\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-40-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><th class=\"column-2\">2015<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">2014<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">2013<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">2012<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">2011<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">123456<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">123456<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">123456<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">password<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">password<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">password<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">password<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">password<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">123456<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">123456<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">12345678<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">12345<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">12345678<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">12345678<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">12345678<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">qwerty<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">12345678<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">qwerty<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1234<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">qwerty<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">12345<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">qwerty<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">abc123<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">qwerty<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">abc123<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">123456789<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">123456789<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">123456789<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">12345<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">monkey<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">football<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1234<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">111111<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">dragon<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">1234567<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1234<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">baseball<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1234567<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">pussy<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">letmein<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1234567<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">dragon<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">iloveyou<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">baseball<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">trustno1<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">baseball<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">football<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">adobe123<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">football<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">dragon<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">welcome<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1234567<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">123123<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">letmein<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">baseball<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1234567890 <\/td><td class=\"column-3\">monkey<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">admin<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">monkey<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">111111<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">13<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">abc123<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">letmein<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1234567890<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">696969<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">iloveyou<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">111111<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">abc123<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">letmein<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">abc123<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">master<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">15<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1qaz2wsx<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">111111<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">photoshop<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">mustang<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">sunshine<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">dragon<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">mustang<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1234<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">michael<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">ashley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">master<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">access<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">monkey<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">shadow<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">bailey<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">monkey<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">shadow<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">shadow<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">master<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">passw0rd<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">19<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">letmein<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">master<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">sunshine<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">jennifer<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">shadow<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">20<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">login<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">michael<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">12345<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">111111<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">123123<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">21<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">princess<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">superman<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">password1<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2000<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">654321<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">22<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">qwertyuiop<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">696969<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">princess<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">jordan<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">superman<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">23<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">solo<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">123123<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">azerty<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">superman<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">qazwsx<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">24<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">passw0rd<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">batman<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">trustno1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">harley<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">michael<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">25<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">starwars<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">trustno1<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">000000<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1234567<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">football<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-40 from cache -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Protect yourself<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lenspeaks.blogspot.com\/2015\/08\/the-sunday-memory-drawer-summer-games.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-104102 size-medium\" title=\"keep your passwords secure\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Password-1.jpg?resize=150%2C75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"keep your passwords secure\" width=\"150\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Password-1.jpg?resize=150%2C75&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Password-1.jpg?resize=75%2C38&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Password-1.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>To keep your passwords secure, you definitely shouldn&#8217;t use any of the passwords on the list.<\/p>\n<p>SplashData offers three <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210128070035\/https:\/\/www.teamsid.com\/worst-passwords-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">simple tips <\/a>to help people <strong>protect themselves:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use passwords or passphrases of <strong>twelve characters<\/strong> or more with <strong>mixed types of characters;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Avoid using the same password<\/strong> over and over on different websites<\/li>\n<li>Use a <strong>password manager<\/strong> such as <a title=\"SplashID\" href=\"http:\/\/splashdata.com\/splashid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage nofollow noopener noreferrer\">SplashID<\/a> to organize and protect passwords, generate random passwords, and automatically log into websites.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><strong>rb-<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What to do if you are responsible for securing systems where your users use these passwords? <strong>Stop Them!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This is what makes passwords suck &#8211;\u00a0Implement complexity rules:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Minimum of 8 characters<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>A mix of characters, UPPER CASE, lower case, numbers, and special characters.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Prevent reusing passwords<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Blacklist all the above passwords so they can never be used again.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170702054744\/http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/3026809\/security\/how-to-make-bad-passwords-better-and-more-hope-for-the-future-of-authentication.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">How to make bad passwords better, and more hope for the future of authentication<\/a> (macworld.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on <a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rb48334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ralph.bach.14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rbach48334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>. Email the Bach Seat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:\/\/bach.seat@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The same terrible passwords are used year over year putting you &#038; your employer&#8217;s info at risk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2686,1834,2541,951,4,2351,1645,2619],"class_list":["post-79095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","tag-2686","tag-management","tag-passwords","tag-pii","tag-security","tag-splashdata","tag-star-wars","tag-worst"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79095"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128325,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79095\/revisions\/128325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}