The Worst Passwords of 2019
This year has been a busy year for organizations and hackers alike, and terrible passwords remain unchanged. Passwords such as “123456” and “password” continue in the top #5 spots, and President Trump is on this year’s list again, with “donald" showing up as the 33rd most frequently used password, according to password management company Splashdata.
Splashdata's annual round-up of the worst passwords of 2019 is based on five million passwords that were leaked online and found in data breaches throughout the year.
The Top 25 Worst Passwords of 2019 are:
1 - 123456 (rank unchanged from 2018)
2 - 123456789 (up 1)
3 - qwerty (Up 6)
4 - password (Down 2)
5 - 1234567 (Up 2)
6 - 12345678 (Down 2)
7 - 12345 (Down 2)
8 - iloveyou (Up 2)
9 - 111111 (Down 3)
10 - 123123 (Up 7)
11 - abc123 (Up 4)
12 - qwerty123 (Up 13)
13 - 1q2w3e4r (New)
14 - admin (Down 2)
15 - qwertyuiop (New)
16 - 654321 (Up 3)
17 - 555555 (New)
18 - lovely (New)
19 - 7777777 (New)
20 - welcome (Down 7)
21 - 888888 (New)
22 - princess (Down 11)
23 - dragon (New)
24 - password1 (Unchanged)
25 - 123qwe (New)
The full list is available here.
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