SplashData agency that provides password managing programs has recently published its list of the worst passwords of 2017. The list consists of most popular leaked passwords of 2017. The data was collected using 5 million leaked passwords, mostly from North American and European users.

One of the most interesting passwords was "starwars", which is obviously is connected with the launch of the Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi. "football" is down by 4 positions after rise in popularity because of Euro 2016. The most popular remain "123456" and "password" passwords.

That's how the list of 25 worst passwords of 2017 looks like:

Here are SplashData's Top 25 worst passwords:

1 - 123456 (ranking unchanged since 2016 list)
2 - password (ranking unchanged)
3 - 12345678 (up 1)
4 - qwerty (up 2)
5 - 12345 (down 2)
6 - 123456789 (new)
7 - letmein (new)
8 - 1234567 (Unchanged)
9 - football (down 4)
10 - iloveyou (new)
11 - admin (up 4)
12 - welcome (unchanged)
13 - monkey (new)
14 - login (down 3)
15 - abc123 (down 1)
16 - starwars (new)
17 - 123123 (new)
18 - dragon (up 1)
19 - passw0rd (down 1)
20 - master (up 1)
21 - hello (new)
22 - freedom (new)
23 - whatever (new)
24 - qazwsx (new)
25 - trustno1 (new)

If your password is on the list, then you should change it as fast as possible. Just remember, that a good password is a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and special symbols and the longer it is, the more secure it is.

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