25 Worst Passwords For 2018
You know when it’s getting towards the end of a year when you start seeing ‘top’ lists appearing online. Of these though, undoubtedly one of the more popular is passwords. Specifically, those that people still (against all logic of security) still seem to persist with on their online accounts.
So, what are the worst passwords for 2018? Well, let’s put it this way, if you are using “password” then you’re going to have a bad time!
The List!
In a top 100 list compiled by ‘TeamsID’, the 25 worst passwords for 2018 include;
1) 123456
2) password
3) 123456789
4) 12345678
5) 12345
6) 111111
7) 1234567
8) sunshine
9) qwerty
10) iloveyou
11) princess
12) admin
13) welcome
14) 666666
15) abc123
16) football
17) 123123
18) monkey
19) 654321
20) !@#$%^&*
21) charlie
22) aa123456
23) donald
24) password1
25) qwerty123
What Do We Think?
Well, to start with, if you’re using any of the above, you’re really lacking in a little imagination and as such, you’re very liable to come to the attention of the less wholesome aspects of the internet. Well, I say that, but there are more than a few examples which honestly baffle me a little.
Donald? I suppose that’s something to do with the US President. I’m moderately curious now to see if that’s the password to his Twitter account. Princess, sunshine and monkey though? Well, if you do use one of those passwords I’d be curious to here as the logic process that led you to choose them.
If you are curious about the full list, you can check it out in the link here!
What do you think? What do you think the worst password you could have is? – Let us know in the comments!
