Lunchtime Trivia Thursday, May 1

Q:  Today is world password day.  In a study of 19 Billion passwords,  many people are still being lazy and using simple 1234, etc for their passwords.   Surprisingly, millions of passwords also contain these.  What are they?

A:  Swear words.  With the other name for ‘donkey’ being the most common.

Cybernews researchers analyzed 19B passwords and discovered how people create them: their favorite animals, pop culture terms, celebrities, cities, food, names, swearwords, and more.

Despite years of being called out, default and “lazy” passwords like “password”, “admin”, and “123456” are still a common pattern.

• Most people use 8–10 character passwords (42%), with eight being the most popular.
• Almost a third (27%) of the passwords analyzed consist of only lowercase letters and digits.
• Passwords composed of profane or offensive words might seem rare, but they’re actually very common in practice.
• Despite years of being called out, default and “lazy” passwords like “password”, “admin”, and “123456” are still a common pattern.

1. 123456
2. 123456789
3. qwerty
4. password
5. 12345

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