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List Of 2014's 'worst passwords' revealed

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Last Updated : Jan 21 2015 | 12:55 PM IST

The list of 2014's worst passwords is out and occupying the top slot among the most commonly used passwords in the category is "123456".

According to Tech Crunch, SplashData's yearly list of the worst passwords on the internet (as compiled by more than 3 million leaked passwords from 2014) shows that people have a laid back attitude when it comes to securing their accounts on the internet with a strong password.

Last year's worst list of passwords revealed that more number of people were simply using "password" to log into their accounts.

Below is this year's list of 25 worst passwords:

1. 123456

2. password

3. 12345

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4. 12345678

5. qwerty

6. 123456789

7. 1234

8. baseball

9. dragon

10. football

11. 1234567

12. monkey

13. letmein

14. abc123

15. 111111

16. mustang

17. access

18. shadow

19. master

20. michael

21. superman

22. 696969

23. 123123

24. batman

25.

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First Published: Jan 21 2015 | 12:47 PM IST

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