Tuesday, January 20, 2015

The worst passwords 2014 have many numbers and sport – Daily News – Lisbon

After a year “123456″ have taken “password” of leadership, this keyword has kept the first place. The SplashData analyzed three million password and the most publicized in 2014 has returned to “123456″, followed by “password”. Have to close the podium there is a change: “12345″ (up 17 positions) displaced “12345678″, which now ranks fourth

In the top 10 remain “qwerty”, “23456780″ and “12345. “. The biggest news will the popularity of words related to sports: baseball (eighth place) and football (tenth). According to the site Mashable, there was still an increase in club-related words such as “Yankee”, “rangers” or “lakers”, for example. And for those who love superheroes, “Batman” and “Superman” enter the top 25.

The use of birth dates or names like “Michael,” “Jennifer,” “Michelle” are in the top 100.

The SplashData has annually published the worst passwords as a way to alert people to the need for users to choose safer keywords.

LikeTweet

No comments:

Post a Comment