
Have we learned
nothing from
Spaceballs? According to an article in
Fast Company, the most common password of 2015 was "123456." The second most common? "Password." Third? "12345678." Ironically enough, this data was gleaned from over 2 million passwords leaked over the past year. The top 25 includes:
123456 password 12345678 qwerty 12345 123456789 football 1234 1234567 baseball welcome 1234567890 abc123 111111 1qaz2wsx dragon master monkey letmein login princess qwertyuiop solo passw0rd starwars
According to the
AICPA, one in four people have been the victim of information security breaches, some of which no doubt being the result of
poor password security. For a CPA firm in particular, a data breach can have rather dire effects, according to the
Journal of Accountancy, as even
small firms can carry valuable client data that, if stolen, can lead not only to embarrassment but legal and regulatory risks as well.
Still, while it seems we still haven't learned from Spaceballs, it seems we have learned from
Hackers, as the list contains none of what that movie said were the most commonly used passwords: "love," "sex," "secret" and "god."