Washington: Numeric combination of ‘123456’ was the most common password of 2016, followed by ‘123456789’ and ‘qwerty’, according to researchers who reviewed over 10 million security codes that became public following data breaches. The study also found that four of the top 10 passwords on the list are six characters or shorter. “Website operators that permit such flimsy protection are either reckless or lazy,” the company said. What really perplexed us is that so many website operators are not enforcing password security best practices,” it said. IT administrators and website operators must do the job for them, the company said.

Source: Mint January 15, 2017 15:09 UTC