Poor password: starwars

- 123 456 is again the worst password to login somewhere. The numbers at the top of the overview protector SplashData makes each year. In second place is initialized, followed by 12345678, qwerty and 12 345.

Striking newcomer to the rankings is the password starwars, in 25th place. Also solo (place 23) and princess (21) are new to the list. The latest Star Wars film was premiered in December, with Harrison Ford in the role of Han Solo and Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia. The list is created from more than 2 million cracked passwords.

According SplashData people have their passwords longer made in the hope that they will crack than harder. But if they look the same as 1234567890 or 1qaz2wsx (diagonally on the keyboard) instead of 123 456 or qwerty, they are according to the company just as unsafe.,, The extra length is virtually worthless, '' said SplashData. It recommends to make passwords of at least twelve signs, which avoided capital letters, lowercase letters, numbers and other characters. Moreover, it is not good to use the same password everywhere.