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Study finds the most common passwords are kind of stupid

Passw0rd… really? If that is the key to your internet safety change it right now!

Passw0rd… really? If that is the key to your internet safety change it right now!

A recent study has revealed the most commonly-used passwords of 2015 and found that said “123456” was, for the fifth year running, the most common password.

According to Splash Data many people aren’t that serious about protecting their privacy when it comes to creating online passcodes.

Researchers found the most common passwords to be:

123456

password

12345678

qwerty

12345

123456789

football

1234

1234567

baseball

welcome

1234567890

abc123

111111

1qaz2wsx

dragon

master

monkey

letmein

login

princess

qwertyuiop

solo

passw0rd

starwars

SplashData’s list was compiled from files containing millions of stolen passwords posted online by hackers.

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