Is your password "password"?
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 01/20/2014 04:45 PM
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Security firm SplashData reports that in 2013 the use of "password" as a log in has dropped from the number one place to second place with the number one password being used is the numerical string "123456".
Despite efforts by application vendors and service providers to mandate more secure passwords, people are not taking the hint.
"Another interesting aspect of this year's list is that more short numerical passwords showed up even though websites are starting to enforce stronger password policies," said SplashData CEO Morgan Slain.
"For example, new to this year's list are simple and easily guessable passwords like '1234' at number 16, '12345' at number 20, and '000000' at number 25."
Other notable entries on the list: "iloveyou" as the ninth place, "admin" as number 12, and "monkey" which slipped from sixth place to 17th.
And people wonder how they got hacked.
Despite efforts by application vendors and service providers to mandate more secure passwords, people are not taking the hint.
"Another interesting aspect of this year's list is that more short numerical passwords showed up even though websites are starting to enforce stronger password policies," said SplashData CEO Morgan Slain.
"For example, new to this year's list are simple and easily guessable passwords like '1234' at number 16, '12345' at number 20, and '000000' at number 25."
Other notable entries on the list: "iloveyou" as the ninth place, "admin" as number 12, and "monkey" which slipped from sixth place to 17th.
And people wonder how they got hacked.
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