It used to be that businesspersons spent up to 2 hours per day looking for papers.  If you’ve seen some offices, that’s not difficult to believe.  Today, however, it seems as though people spend an equal amount of time looking for passwords.  You may have your regular favorite password, but then the site requires you to add a number, a capital letter, or a punctuation symbol.  Crazy!  My old Rolodex used to contain important phone numbers; now it’s filled with passwords.

The biggest problem is that easy passwords get stolen and internet crime is increasing and it is often impossible to find the thieves.  Hence, the need for a decent password that is not easy to steal.

SplashData created the rankings based on millions of stolen passwords posted online by hackers. Here is the complete list:

• § 1. password
• § 2. 123456
• § 3.12345678
• § 4. qwerty
• § 5. abc123
• § 6. monkey
• § 7. 1234567
• § 8. letmein
• § 9. trustno1
• § 10. dragon
• § 11. baseball
• § 12. 111111
• § 13. iloveyou
• § 14. master
• § 15. sunshine
• § 16. ashley
• § 17. bailey
• § 18. passw0rd
• § 19. shadow
• § 20. 123123
• § 21. 654321
• § 22. superman
• § 23. qazwsx
• § 24. michael
• § 25. football