The top passwords of 2014 will make you feel comparatively ingenious

Given that it’s 2015, and we have been logging onto the world wide web for decades, you’d assume people would have a healthy grasp on what makes a good password by now. But no, that doesn’t appear to be the case  if the list of the 25 most popular passwords of 2014 is anything to go by, anyway.

SplashData’s annual list compiles the millions of stolen passwords made public throughout the year, and assembles them in order of popularity. This year’s list is a particular doozy. It proves, among other things, that there are a lot of Michaels out there, that we’re all still hung up on superheroes and that, at the very least, people have the cognitive ability to count to six.

With that, we give you the top 25 passwords (and their position relative to last year’s list) that you should probably avoid, unless you fancy being #hacked:

1. 123456 (unchanged)
2. password (unchanged)
3. 12345 (up 17)
4. 12345678 (down one)
5. qwerty (down one)
6. 123456789 (unchanged)
7. 1234 (up nine)
8. baseball (new)
9. dragon (new)
10. football (new)
11. 1234567 (down four)
12. monkey (up five)
13. letmein (up one)
14. abc123 (down nine)
15. 111111 (down eight)
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)

For many people their data is their life, whether personal or professional, and protecting it is of utmost importance –  which is where the Samsung Portable SSD T1 comes in. With just one user-set password, the drive is designed to be safe from unwanted access thanks to AES 256-bit hardware encryption – to help assure you that your original work will not fall into the wrong hands.

As with all Samsung SSDs, there are also no moving parts, making the Samsung Portable SSD T1 incredibly durable. The Samsung Portable SSD T1 proves itself a trusty companion for anyone who works on the go, or likes to take their work outdoors.

Share and Enjoy !

Shares

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *