IT Admins Continue to Use Weak Passwords

I Users Use Same Passwords n an analysis of web pages identified as admin portals, some incredibly weak passwords were identified – and some of them are going to really surprise you.

We all know the general drill with admin passwords – make them complex and long. Simple right? But a new analysis of admin passwords shows that IT admins seem to not be vigilant around good password hygiene.

According to an analysis of 1.8 million passwords by security vendor Outpost24, the top 20 passwords they found are really bad:

admin
123456
12345678
1234
Password
123
12345
admin123
123456789
adminisp
demo
root
123123
admin@123
123456aA@
01031974
Admin@123
111111
admin1234
admin1

Note that the number one password is “admin." Seriously? In today’s cybersecurity climate, IT pros are still using these passwords?

This shows that even IT pros need to be enrolled in continual security awareness training so they are reminded of the need for good password hygiene – which includes the use of properly secure passwords.

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