The most popular passwords, 2019 edition

[Aragorn]

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) analyzed passwords belonging to accounts worldwide that had been breached. Here's the CNN article.

1. 123456
2. 123456789
3. qwerty
4. password
5. 111111
6. 12345678
7. abc123
8. 1234567
9. password1
10. 12345

Most common music password: blink182
Most common fictional character password: superman
Most common first name password: ashley and michael
Most common Premier League football club password: liverpool
Most common NFL team password: cowboys1
Most common day password: sunday
Most common month password: august

 

[Random_Spock]

Man those are some bad passwords.

 

[Kor]

Username: Administrator
Password: password

That's a recipe for disaster.

Kor

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

You mean there are still people left on Earth who DON'T use password managers?

 

[Sibyl]

Username: Administrator
Password: password

That's a recipe for disaster.

Kor

And that just happens to be the default username and password of about every router in existence.

 

[Kor]

And that just happens to be the default username and password of about every router in existence.

Presumably, the administrator will change the password when they're setting up the router.

Presumably.

Kor

 

[The Wormhole]

Most common first name password: ashley and michael

Clearly Disco fans.

Ash Tyler's full name is Ashley Tyler, right?

 

[Refuge]

I think I have used number 7 on that list.

 

[Avro Arrow]

#9

Computer security professional: Never, ever use "password" as a password!

User: I have to be more secure.... hmmm... * types '1' at the end * ... nailed it!