Many people use pop culture references for their open sesames. And a new study proves that it’s terrible password hygiene. A new study has revealed the most dangerous (ie: hackable) pop-culture passwords to have, and comic book superheroes rank high.
The study, which was carried out by Mailsuite, analysed 300 million hacked accounts, and identified the passwords with references to pop-culture you should be avoiding. So, which one is the most dangerous? Turns out the Man of Steel himself, as ‘Superman’ is the most hackable password. The DC superhero showed up in 584,697 data breaches.
The second spot went to rock band Blink-182, appearing in 482,244 breaches, while bronze goes to Superman’s DC neighbour Batman, with 352,422. Bruce Wayne can’t be too thrilled about that. Scroll down for the full list.
For those of you keeping count and care about these sort of things, DC is winning, as Marvel doesn’t make an appearance until ninth place, with Spider-Man just making it into the top ten with 253,179 breaches. “Unfortunately, hackers are all too aware of humanity’s reliance on unsafe password practices,” Mailsuite said. “One in four people reuse the same password across more than eleven sites and apps, meaning a hacker gaining access to one account can quickly gain access to the rest in a domino effect.
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