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If You Use Any Of These 25 Passwords On Your Computer You Better Change Them Now
Remember how all those lazy Subway managers caused millions of dollars to be stolen from customers?
A band of hackers was able to guess the passwords to their point-of-sale systems and went to town nabbing credit and debit card numbers from everyone who walked into the restaurants.
Don’t let that happen to you, people.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center just released 25 of the most commonly hacked passwords of 2011.
It boggles the mind to think people are still using these everyday words [e.g.: Monkey, football, 123456) to protect devices that hold all their financial data – especially in the workplace.
Raise your virtual hand if your employer assigns workers a single password to access company databases, content management systems or email accounts. (See 11 ways to protect yourself when shopping online.)
“Sharing passwords among users in a workplace is becoming a common theme to continue the flow of operations,” the ICCC says, but “users have prioritized convenience over security when establishing passwords.”
Here’s the full list of passwords to avoid:
- password
- 123456
- 12345678
- qwerty
- abc123
- monkey
- 1234567
- letmein
- trustno1
- dragon
- baseball
- 111111
- iloveyou
- master
- sunshine
- ashley
- bailey
- passw0rd
- shadow
- 123123
- 654321
- superman
- qazwsx
- michael
- football
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If You Use Any Of These 25 Passwords On Your Computer You Better Change Them Now
Remember how all those lazy Subway managers caused millions of dollars to be stolen from customers?
A band of hackers was able to guess the passwords to their point-of-sale systems and went to town nabbing credit and debit card numbers from everyone who walked into the restaurants.
Don’t let that happen to you, people.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center just released 25 of the most commonly hacked passwords of 2011.
It boggles the mind to think people are still using these everyday words [e.g.: Monkey, football, 123456) to protect devices that hold all their financial data – especially in the workplace.
Raise your virtual hand if your employer assigns workers a single password to access company databases, content management systems or email accounts. (See 11 ways to protect yourself when shopping online.)
“Sharing passwords among users in a workplace is becoming a common theme to continue the flow of operations,” the ICCC says, but “users have prioritized convenience over security when establishing passwords.”
Here’s the full list of passwords to avoid:
- password
- 123456
- 12345678
- qwerty
- abc123
- monkey
- 1234567
- letmein
- trustno1
- dragon
- baseball
- 111111
- iloveyou
- master
- sunshine
- ashley
- bailey
- passw0rd
- shadow
- 123123
- 654321
- superman
- qazwsx
- michael
- football
Now see the dirty dozen internet scams to watch out for this holiday season >
Please follow Your Money on Twitter and Facebook.
Join the conversation about this story »
See Also:
- Eastern European Scammers Made Off With $4 Million In One Of The Shadiest Used Car Schemes Ever
- Can’t Afford A Dietitian? Here Are 2 Cheaper Alternatives
- TRUE CONFESSION: This Is My $600 New Year’s Eve Nightmare
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drag2share – drag and drop RSS news items on your email contacts to share (click SEE DEMO)
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