It’s official: “password” is not the most frequently used bad password any more. “123456” has taken over. Yes, as it turns out, millions of people use 123456 as their password for online services. I’m shocked! Each year, the security company Splashdata publishes a list of 25 worst passwords, or in other words, passwords that should never be used! If you’re using one of the passwords that you’re about to read, I suggest you change it immediately. These are too easy to hack!

In case you’re wondering how this information is available publicly, here is an explanation: The list is based on passwords from Adobe users that were published by hackers following Adobe’s recent security breach.

Here is the list:

1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345678
4. qwerty
5. abc123
6. 123456789
7. 111111
8. 1234567
9. iloveyou
10. adobe123
11. 123123
12. admin
13. 1234567890
14. letmein
15. photoshop
16. 1234
17. monkey
18. shadow
19. sunshine
20. 12345
21. password1
22. princess
23. azerty
24. trustno1
25. 0

Letmein? Oh dear!

Like I said, If you’re using one of these passwords, or anything similar and easy to guess, change it now, or you will regret it! If you need tips on creating a secure password, please review my earlier article on this topic here.

Sources: Splashdata, CNN News.