The Most Commonly Hacked Passwords In 2016 Were... Painfully Obvious

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Everyone hates making passwords these days.

With the amount of data hacks that are happening these days, having a strong password has never been more important. But some people just make it way too easy for hackers.

Cybersecurity firm Keeper has released a new study into the most common passwords of 2016.

Here’s the top 25 passwords of 2016. If you spot yours... you might want to change it.

1. 123456

2. 123456789

3. qwerty

4. 12345678

5. 111111

6. 1234567890

7. 1234567

8. password

9. 123123

10. 987654321

11. qwertyuiop

12. mynoob

13. 123321

14. 666666

15. 18atcskd2w

16. 7777777

17. 1q2w3e4r

18. 654321

19. 555555

20. 3rjs1la7qe

21. google

22. 1q2w3e4r5t

23. 123qwe

24. zxcvbnm

25. 1q2w3e

17 January 2017




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