The 25 Worst Passwords of 2015 Will Make You Weep For Humanity

Publish Date
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 8:58AM
Photo: iStock

Photo: iStock

We're worried about people. 

As a whole, we're not the best at making up passwords. 

Password management firm SplashData released its annual "Worst Passwords List," revealing that humans have remained rather indifferent to choosing unique, secure passwords since the company's first report in 2011. SplashData analysed more than 2 million leaked passwords in 2015 and found several trends in the most common ones.

Get some originality, people!!

There are references to sports and pop culture. “Football” and “baseball” are both in the top 10 list, and in line with the release of The Force Awakens, “starwars,” “solo” and “princess” are all new entries on this year’s list.

Here's last year's list:

1. 123456 (unchanged from 2014)

2. password (unchanged)

3. 12345678 (up 1 spot from 2014)

4. qwerty (up 1)

5. 12345 (down 2)

6. 123456789 (unchanged)

7. football (up 3)

8. 1234 (down 1)

9. 1234567 (up 2)

10. baseball (down 2)

11. welcome (not on 2014's list)

12. 1234567890 (not on 2014's list)

13. abc123 (up 1)

14. 111111 (up 1)

15. 1qaz2wsx (not on 2014's list)

16. dragon (down 7)

17. master (up 2)

18. monkey (down 6)

19. letmein (down 6)

20. login (not on 2014's list)

21. princess (not on 2014's list)

22. qwertyuiop (not on 2014's list)

23. solo (not on 2014's list)

24. passw0rd (not on 2014's list)

25. starwars (not on 2014's list)

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