D'oh! The 25 Most Popular Passwords Of 2015

One of the most frustrating aspects of security is that the basics get neglected. No matter how many times you remind people not to use basic passwords, people just keep on choosing obvious options — as a list of the most popular passwords of 2015 proves.

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SplashData compiled the list based on passwords leaked online, and combed through 3.3 million of them. While it's depressing that password leaks are so common, if people are stupid enough to use "password" or "123456" as their password, losing personal information is surely only a matter of time.

This is the full 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

Given the wide range of password managers out there, there really is no excuse for using these obvious options. We can be better than this, folks.

Also: why is "michael" such a popular choice?

SplashData [via Gizmodo]