Top 10 faces with the worst passwords in 2018: Second US Defense Ministry
Below is a list of 10 individuals and organizations with the worst passwords of 2018 published by Dashlane account password management service.
Kanye West
This famous male rapper had a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on October 11, 2018. And before many camera lenses, this rapper had a phone unlock with the password iPhone '000000' which made many people surprised and funny. This makes Kanye West topped the list of the 10 worst passwords of the year.
The Pentagon
The US Government Audit Office (GAO) after the inspection discovered that the world's No. 1 military defense and weapon systems use military-grade weak passwords. Even GAO's expert team can guess the admin account password of the US Department of Defense in just 9 seconds.
That's why the US Department of Defense 'honorably' ranks second in this list, up two places from the fourth position in 2017.
You plow virtual money
The heat of virtual money makes many people race to buy buffalo plow to sell for profit. The password of a virtual wallet is so hard to remember that some people have to hire a hypnotist to help them remember.
Nutella
On the right day, Intel Security urged people to use a more responsible online account password - 'World Password Day', this famous cocoa butter brand has been on Twitter calling customers to change their account passwords to 'Nutella' is easy to remember.
Law firms in the UK
Researchers in the UK have found that more than 1 million email messages and login accounts exist in plain text floating on the dark web from the 500 most prestigious law firms in the UK. Just copy paste can immediately access the account.
Texas
Personal information of 14 million voters in Texas (77%) has been stored on a password-protected server. This means that their personal information such as names, addresses and other sensitive information is likely to be exposed.
White House personnel
A White House employee entered this list when writing his login account and password on a staff-only paper at the residence of the US president and dropping it at a bus stop when traveling. do.
Earlier, because he had little interest in privacy when using social networks, President Donald Trump was at the top of the list of personal and password management organizations in 2017. Sean Spicer, spokesman for the House White even typed in his account password on Twitter.
Recently, an engineering student in India successfully hacked a Google website just by simply clicking on the log in button on it. The reason is that the other website has absolutely no admin account, even this student is given the right to control a television satellite.
United Nations staff
Employees of this global organization use services like Trello, Jira and Google Docs to connect and work together. But many important and sensitive documents uploaded and stored on these services are completely without passwords, anyone can view or download them if there is a shared link.
University of Cambridge
Researchers at Cambridge University developed myPersonality, a quiz on Facebook. But after logging in and participating, this personal information and game results of millions of users were leaked.
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