The List Of Weakest Passwords Of 2017 Is Out. If You Have A Similar Password, You Must Change It Now

We all know the importance of a password and how much it matters in to keep us safe on the Internet. The importance of a password varies depending on the account that you want to keep safe.

It’s really important to keep your social media accounts safe on the Internet and when it comes to bank accounts then it becomes even more important.

In these times when even a strong password gets cracked by hackers, one can easily imagine how much a weak password is capable of protecting us.

However, the speed with which the Internet consumers are increasing is way more than the speed of learning the “Art and Laws of Internet”. People still think that setting the password is blah and time wasting, so they keep a password that first comes in their mind.

Several times its so easy that even a kid can guess which increases the chances of their account hacking.

Splash Data has generated a list of weakest passwords of 2017 and you need to check it. If your password matches any one password from the list, you need to change it right now. Take a look

• 123456
• password
• 12345678
• qwerty
• 12345
• 123456789
• letmein
• 1234567
• football
• iloveyou
• admin
• welcome
• monkey
• login
• abc123
• starwars
• 123123
• dragon
• passw0rd
• master
• hello
• freedom
• whatever
• qazwsx
• trustno1
• 654321
• jordan23
• harley
• password1
• 1234

For the complete list of 100 passwords, check out the image below

Tips for a strong password

Before setting a new password keep in mind that it should be-

1. Long enough
2. Should be mix of alphabets, numbers and special characters
3. Should be something that is really hard to guess

Thank us later, Go change the password now...