This subject is not actually related to fishing, however it can be the better thing if you are aware of, especially when you shop online.
SplashDate publishes a stolen password list the last twelve months, and ranked every each year, and the latest 2015’s list is here.
In this list, surprisingly, the most common password = the most dangerous password is the same as the last year, “123456” and “password”.
That means, if you use one of them through online shop with your email address, someone might be able to log in to the shop and collect your personal information, purchase history, and even the payment details if you store them in the store.
Even more, they may be able to purchase something with your payment details!
Here are the list of top 25, better to check out and see if your password is safe enough!
- 123456 (unchanged)
- password (Unchanged)
- 12345678 (Up 1)
- qwerty (Up 1)
- 12345 (Down 2)
- 123456789 (Unchanged)
- football (Up 3)
- 1234 (Down 1)
- 1234567 (Up 2)
- baseball (Down 2)
- welcome (New)
- 1234567890 (New)
- abc123 (Up 1)
- 111111 (Up 1)
- 1qaz2wsx (New)
- dragon (Down 7)
- master (Up 2)
- monkey (Down 6)
- letmein (Down 6)
- login (New)
- princess (New)
- qwertyuiop (New)
- solo (New)
- passw0rd (New)
- starwars (New)
(from Gismodo)
Now you can see some interesting trends in the list – “starwars” and “solo” are appeared.
In this list, you can see 9 of new passwords coming up however, all the rest of 16 words are from the last year list. Does it mean still lots of people think that the password cracking is not the thing cannot reach you? Or it won’t be that bad even if your password is cracked?
Hmm we’ll never know what’s going to be happened when your password is cracked. But, if one of your password is hacked, the other site’s login details can be hacked as well. And what if it’s your online banking account…? Now, why don’t you stop being careless and make strong password, and enjoy your tackle shopping life with no fear?
You can also check the list of 2013 and 2014 (both on Gismodo).
