Corporate users may choose season+year or other easy guesses for their password

Study: NetSPI's Top Cracked Passwords for 2014
Date: March 2 2015

Number of cracked corporate passwords that use a season+year format or other easy guess (n=77,802):
  • 219
  • Spring2014
  • 135
  • Spring14
  • 474
  • Summer2014
  • 221
  • Summer14
  • 150
  • Fall2014
  • 15
  • Autumn14
  • 87
  • Winter2014
  • 63
  • Winter14

  • 1,446
  • Password1
  • 820
  • Changem3
  • 283
  • Work1234
  • 142
  • Password2

    The season+year passwords accounted for 1.75% of all cracked corporate passwords, while the other 4 easily guessed passwords accounted for 3.46%.




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