Weakest, common passwords of 2014 revealed

A study of more than 3.3 million passwords leaked in 2014 has been released, exposing the most overused, predictable passwords.

SplashData released the annual top 25 most common passwords, which represent 2.2% of the 3.3 million leaked passwords studied. According to PC Advisor, this represents a decrease, although by our calculations that still means over 72,000 of the passwords leaked in the sample were in this list. PC Advisor speculates that the decline may be down to a wider awareness of the importance of security, with a number of high profile password leaks pushing the issue up people’s agendas in the last year.

Weakest, common passwords of 2014 revealed