The 25 most stolen passwords of 2015 

http://nypost.com/2016/01/19/the-25-most-stolen-passwords-of-2015/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow

If your password is as easy as 1, 2, 3, it’s time to change it.The most popular stolen passwords of 2015 are surprisingly simple, according to a new list released by California-based security company SplashData.Both “123456” and “password” reigned supreme again — with “12345” jumping 17 spots, adding itself to the top three.“The bad news from my research is that this year’s most commonly used passwords are pretty consistent with prior years,” Mark Burnett, an online security expert, said in a press release. “The good news is that it appears that more people are moving away from using these passwords.”

The top 25 most stolen passwords (change from last year in parentheses):
1. 123456 (Unchanged)
2. password (Unchanged)
3. 12345678 (Up 1)
4. qwerty (Up 1)
5. 12345 (Down 2)
6. 123456789 (Unchanged)
7. football (Up 3)
8. 1234 (Down 1)
9. 1234567 (Up 2)
10. baseball (Down 2)
11. welcome (New)
12. 1234567890 (New)
13. abc123 (Up 1)
14. 111111 (Up 1)
15. 1qaz2wsx (New)
16. dragon (Down 7)
17. master (Up 2)
18. monkey (Down 6)
19. letmein (Down 6)
20. login (New)
21. princess (New)
22. qwertyuiop (New)
23. solo (New)
24. passw0rd (New)
25. starwars (New)