Check out the worst passwords of 2017 and avoid bad combinations next year

Creating credentials is the first step to using any online service and the hassle - besides the lack of memory ... - for so many logins and passwords is so much that most people end up associating with Facebook, Twitter and other accounts. Still, it is very important to always keep the toughest combinations as a simple bot can invade your system from trial and error. How are you protecting your data? SplashData takes advantage of the holiday season to spread the most common - and most vulnerable - passwords.

As everyone should have suspected, the numerical order “123456” and variations of the same sequence, with more or less characters, are champion among the ten worst of the season. The list was all tabulated from the 5 million passwords that have leaked on the web in the last 12 months. Check it out below:

  • 1) 123456
  • 2) password
  • 3) 12345678
  • 4) qwerty
  • 5) 12345
  • 6) 123456789
  • 7) letmein
  • 8) 1234567
  • 9) football
  • 10) iloveyou

The news this year was due to the presence of terms such as "starwars" and "whatever". Unfortunately, while the newer episode may be a fantastic addition to the Star Wars franchise, 'starwars' is a dangerous password to use. Hackers are using common pop culture and sports terms to break into online accounts because they know so many people are using those easy-to-remember words, ”says Morgan Slain, SplashData CEO.

Tabelinha not to enter 2018 being invaded

"Hackers know your tricks and simply setting an easily guessed password doesn't make it safe. Our hope is that this list of the worst passwords of the year will make people take steps to protect themselves, " says Slain. So, it's for beware, why not take a broad look at the most common terms in 2017 passwords?

The table below shows when there was a new entry (“New”) or if any password had more or less repetitions compared to the previous season (“Up” or “Down”, respectively); or even if nothing has changed (unchanged). Check it out carefully and if you have something similar in your credentials, it is best to trade in for something harder to guess. See below, paste it in the closet, just don't go from “123456” again:

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