Our monthly program on technology is focused on the dark web and stolen digital identities. Unfortunately, the theft of digital identity is pretty common, but there are a few simple tricks can protect us.
The best pieces of advice are also the most underestimated:
1. change your password frequently;
2. don't use the same password for all the services you subscribed to;
3. choose your passwords wisely.
Here is the list of the 100 worst passwords in 2017, as highlighted by Splashdata. If yours is one of these 100, well, you'd better change it:
1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345678
4. qwerty
5. 12345
6. 123456789
7. letmein
8. 1234567
9. football
10. iloveyou
11. admin
12. welcome
13. monkey
14. login
15. abc123
16. starwars
17. 123123
18. dragon
19. passw0rd
20. master
21. hello
22. freedom
23. whatever
24. qazwsx
25. trustno1
26. 654321
27. jordan23
28. harley
29. password1
30. 1234
31. robert
32. matthew
33. jordan
34. asshole
35. daniel
36. andrew
37. lakers
38. andrea
39. buster
40. joshua
41. 1qaz2wsx
42. 12341234
43. ferrari
44. cheese
45. computer
46. corvette
47. blahblah
48. george
49. mercedes
50. 121212
51. maverick
52. fuckyou
53. nicole
54. hunter
55. sunshine
56. tigger
57. 1989
58. merlin
59. ranger
60. solo
61. banana
62. chelsea
63. summer
64. 1990
65. 1991
66. phoenix
67. amanda
68. cookie
69. ashley
70. bandit
71. killer
72. aaaaaa
73. pepper
74. jessica
75. zaq1zaq1
76. jennifer
77. test
78. hockey
79. dallas
80. passwor
81. michelle
82. admin123
83. pussy
84. pass
85. asdf
86. william
87. soccer
88. london
89. 1q2w3e
90. 1992
91. biteme
92. maggie
93. querty
94. rangers
95. charlie
96. martin
97. ginger
98. golfer
99. yankees
100. thunder
Would you like to know if your email has been pawned in a data breach?
You can check on the website "Have I been pwned?" which tells you when and where your email has been pawned.
You can check on the website "Have I been pwned?" which tells you when and where your email has been pawned.
