‘Batman’ and ‘Superman’ take top spots in Worst Passwords of 2014 list

2014 was a scary year for cyber security. Many big retail companies were compromised, and who can forget the massive hack on Sony Pictures? SplashData revealed their yearly list of the worst passwords on the internet today, as compiled by more than 3 million leaked passwords from 2014. “123456” was at the top of the list as the most commonly used password, but “batman” and “superman” were on the list for the first time, making an appearance in the top 25.

  1. 123456
  2. password
  3. 12345
  4. 12345678
  5. qwerty
  6. 123456789
  7. 1234
  8. baseball
  9. dragon
  10. football
  11. 1234567
  12. monkey
  13. letmein
  14. abc123
  15. 111111
  16. mustang
  17. access
  18. shadow
  19. master
  20. michael
  21. superman
  22. 696969
  23. 123123
  24. batman
  25. trustno1

Hopefully you don’t see any of your passwords on this list. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go change my passwords…

SOURCE: TechCrunch