{"id":89761,"date":"2018-12-17T19:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-11-28T16:09:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T21:09:41","slug":"the-10-worst-passwords-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/the-10-worst-passwords-of-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 Worst Passwords of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>It is the end of 2018 and we have learned nothing<\/strong> from the massive Facebook<\/strong><\/a> and Marriott<\/a><\/strong> data<\/a> leaks<\/a> and numerous<\/a> other hacks<\/a>. California-based password-management company SplashData<\/strong><\/a> released its 2018 100 worst passwords<\/strong> based on 5 million leaked passwords on the internet.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Few people have switched things up. People continue to use the same hacked passwords<\/strong> time and time again.\u00a0Topping the list of terrible passwords<\/strong> were “123456789<\/strong>” at No. 3, “password<\/strong>” at No. 2, and “123456<\/strong>” at No. 1. 2018 marked the fifth-straight year that “123456” and “password” kept their top two spots on the SlashData list.<\/p>\n

1. 123456
\n2. password
\n3. 1\"Password\"<\/a>23456789
\n4. 12345678
\n5. 12345
\n6. 111111
\n7. 1234567
\n8. sunshine
\n9. qwerty
\n10. iloveyou<\/p>\n

There are only 2 new entries in the 10 worst passwords, the highly unsecure “111111” at number 6 and “sunshine” at number 8.<\/p>\n

SplashData estimates 10% of people have used at least one of the 25 worst passwords on this year’s list, with roughly 3% of internet users rely on the worst password, “123456.”<\/p>\n

Don’t congratulate yourself yet if your passwords didn’t make SlpashData’s top 10 most used and least secure passwords of 2018. Check out the rest of SplashData’s list of 100 worst passwords. If your password made the worst 100 worst passwords list this year, you should change it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Password advice has changed about as quickly as people’s passwords – NOT MUCH<\/strong> but worth repeating …..<\/em><\/p>\n