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From '123456' to 'trustno1': worst passwords of 2014

2015-01-22 15:06 Xinhua Web Editor: Gu Liping
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In digital age, we should all understand the importance of a good password.

But it's incredible that many still set passwords like "123456" or "password", according to American password managers.

US Internet password management company SplashData recently released a list of the most popular stolen passwords.

SplashData makes stolen passwords public every year and warms people that even "superman" or "batman" is a not such a good idea.

The following is the list of worst passwords of 2014.

1. 123456 (Unchanged)

2. password (Unchanged)

3. 12345 (Up 17)

4. 12345678 (Down 1)

5. qwerty (Down 1)

6. 123456789 (Unchanged)

7. 1234 (Up 9)

8. baseball (New)

9. dragon (New)

10. football (New)

11. 1234567 (Down 4)

12. monkey (Up 5)

13. letmein (Up 1)

14. abc123 (Down 9)

15. 111111 (Down 8)

16.mustang (New)

17. access (New)

18. shadow (Unchanged)

19. master (New)

20. michael (New)

21. superman (New)

22. 696969 (New)

23. 123123 (Down 12)

24. batman (New)

25. trustno1 (Down 1)

(Agencies)

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