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The annual list of the worst passwords in use during 2018 has just been published by SplashData.<\/p>\nThe annual list of the worst passwords in use during 2018 has just been published by SplashData.<\/p>\n
This year’s list features a number of the usual suspects, but there are also a few new entries.<\/p>\n
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Here are the ten worst passwords in use, according to the data:<\/strong><\/p>\n Other notable entries include “welcome” at #13, “football” at #16, “Donald” at #23, “password1” at #24, “freedom” at #29, “hello” at #68, “test” at #88, and “whatever” at #91.\u00a0 Obviously, if you see a password you use anywhere on this list, you should change it immediately, as these are incredibly easy to guess, which makes breaching your system a trivial matter.<\/p>\n The rankings for the passwords were derived via an analysis of more than five million passwords leaked o the internet over the past year.<\/p>\n SplashData’s CEO Morgan Slain described the persistent entries on the latest report as being “a real head scratcher,” especially in light of the fact that there have been so many high profile data breaches over the last few years.<\/p>\n It’s not like people are unaware of the risks and dangers. Yet, the message just isn’t getting through to a majority of users.\u00a0 Year after year, we see the same easy to guess passwords showing up on the list.\u00a0 It’s an even mix of frustrating and dangerous.<\/p>\n From an IT Security Manager’s or business owner’s perspective, the key issue is this:\u00a0 It doesn’t matter how extravagantly you spend on data security if your employees are using passwords like this because hackers can simply circumvent your expensive security solutions.<\/p>\n Sadly, based on the statistics, it’s overwhelmingly likely that more than a few of your employees are making it laughably easy to breech your system.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The annual list of the worst passwords in use during 2018 has just been published by SplashData. This year’s list features a number of the usual suspects, but there are also a few new entries. \u00a0 \u00a0 Here are the ten worst passwords in use, according to the data: 123456 password 123456789 12345678 12345 111111 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n