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Top 500 Worst Passwords of All Time |
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From
the moment people started using passwords, it didn’t take long to
realize how many people picked the very same passwords over and over.
Even the way people misspell words is consistent. In fact, people are so
predictable that most hackers make use of lists of common passwords just
like these. To give you some insight into how predictable humans are,
the following is a list of the 500 most common passwords. If you see
your password on this list, please change it immediately. Keep in mind
that every password listed here has been used by at least hundreds if
not thousands of other people.
There are some interesting passwords on
this list that show how people try to be clever, but even human
cleverness is predictable. For example, look at these passwords
which are a little interesting: |
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