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You know the drill.

A few random capitals, some or other character (maybe it’s ‘$’ instead of ‘S’), chuck a ‘123’ on the end and voila, your password is good to go.

I can think of a few Bitcoin owners who wish their passwords were as generic, but shame, they have suffered enough.

A convenient, easy to remember password is one way to look at things, but if that’s your technique then you’re leaving the door wide open for disaster further down the road.

A 2017 investigation found that upwards of 80% of hacking-related data breaches stem from poor password security, and it’s amazing how often the same passwords end up on lists like the one compiled by ID Agent, a dark web monitoring company.

Having scanned close to three million passwords circulated on the dark web (a part of the internet accessible only through using special software, which means users and website operators can remain anonymous or untraceable), familiar patterns were on display time and time again.

Via Huff Post, here are the 20 most common passwords found on the dark web during 2020, starting with the most often seen:

123456
password
12345678
12341234
1asdasdasdasd
Qwerty123
Password1
123456789
Qwerty1
:12345678secret
Abc123
111111
stratfor
lemonfish
sunshine
123123123
1234567890
Password123
123123
1234567

Yeah, it’s clear some of us never learn.

Worse still, the average person reused their terrible password for 14 different accounts, making it far more likely that they would suffer multiple breaches.

I know it can be a bit cumbersome, but it’s recommended that you create a unique password for all of your accounts, which don’t contain names (yours or otherwise), or a linear sequence of numbers.

[source:huffpost]