Creativity when creating a password on the internet is a difficulty for many people. But opting for the basics can be a security issue. THE SplashData, software security company, released the 25 worst passwords of 2019, obtained from information leaks online.
This year, for the first time since SplashData began evaluating leaked web passwords, the word “password” didn't rank first or second, it dropped to fourth place in 2019. On the other hand, third place on the list, having risen six positions from 2018, it was “qwerty”, a horizontal sequence of the first line of computer keyboard letters.
SplashData estimates that almost 10% of people used at least one of the 25 worst passwords on this year's list and almost 3% of people used the worst password, 123456. According to SplashData, the more than five million leaked passwords evaluated for the 2019 list was mostly owned by users in North America and Western Europe.
Check the list:
1 – 123456
2 – 123456789
3 - qwerty
4 - password
5 – 1234567
6 – 12345678
7 – 12345
8 - iloveyou
9 – 111111
10 – 123123
11 - abc123
12 - qwerty123
13 – 1q2w3e4r
14 - admin
15 - qwertyuiop
16 – 654321
17 – 555555
18 - lovely
19 – 7777777
20 - welcome
21 – 888888
22 - princess
23 - dragon
24 - password1
25 - 123qwe
In order not to use weak passwords or repeat passwords on different web services, one solution is to use applications like LastPass or 1Password. They are password managers that store your data with encryption and can generate strong passwords that you don't need to remember. Just have a master password to protect your account (and all others stored within it).
