The Los Gatos, Calif.-based cybersecurity firm SplashData's fifth annual "Worst Passwords List" report revealed people continue to put themselves at risk for data breaches and identity theft by using weak, guessable passwords.
Like last year, the most commonly used passwords were "123456" and "password," according to the report, which highlighted the highly insecure password habits of Internet users.
For the report, SplashData compiled more than two million leaked passwords from 2015. Several new, longer passwords made their debut, perhaps revealing an effort by both website managers and web users to increase security. SplashData noted since the longer passwords remained simple, their extra lengths were virtually worthless as a security measure.
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Roy Urrico
Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).
