‘Donald’, ‘sunshine’, ‘iloveyou’ Among This Year’s Worst Passwords

Passwords are really important. They keep our online personal accounts private and secure. Passwords, however, can be hacked in a variety of different ways. Hackers can impose a brute force attack, send you phishing mail, etc. But trust me, the last thing you want is your account being hacked because of aweak password.

Well, if you want to keep your account secure, then you might want to see if your password is in the annual “worst passwords” listreleased bySplashData, makers of the password managers like SplashID, TeamsID, and Gpass.

SplashData apparently examined over 5 million leaked passwords to come up with this list. It says these passwords are used by 10-percent of internet users worldwide.

Well, if you’ve checked outlast year’s listof worst passwords, then you’ll find some familiar ones here. However, there are some noteworthy, and funny additions this year. The new entries include princess, sunshine, and ‘donald’. Yes, ‘donald’. Common, people!

Anyway, here are the top 25 passwords that absolutely shouldn’t be using –

You can check out rest of the listhere. That being said, I’d like to point out that even robust passwords can be hacked very easily. So I highly recommend using a password manager of some kind. They’re proven to keep you secure online and they’re very easy to get started with as well. Here are some of thebest password managersto get started with.

Karthik Iyer

Karthik is a Contributing Author for Beebom. Be it mobile devices, laptops, etc. he brings his passion for technology wherever he goes. When he’s not dwelling on the latest tech, you can usually find Karthik wasting time on Instagram or feeding his incessant obsession for video games.

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