Most hacked passwords revealed as UK cyber survey exposes gaps in online security

guest · Apr 20, 2019

Most hacked passwords revealed as UK cyber survey exposes gaps in online security
The NCSC's first 'UK cyber survey' published alongside global password risk list
April 21, 2019
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/most-h...-cyber-survey-exposes-gaps-in-online-security

Brits have been urged to apply steps to stay safe online after results of the UK Cyber Survey exposed exploitable gaps in their personal security knowledge.
The NCSC has also today published separate analysis of the 100,000 most commonly re-occurring passwords that have been accessed by third parties in global cyber breaches.

The NCSC hope to reduce the risk of further breaches by building awareness of how attackers use easy to guess passwords, or those obtained from breaches and help guide developers and System Administrators to protect their users.

The compromised passwords were obtained from global breaches that are already in the public domain having been sold or shared by hackers.
The list was created after breached usernames and passwords were collected and published on Have I Been Pwned by international web security expert Troy Hunt.
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"UK Cyber Survey Key findings – General public" (PDF -1.31 MB): https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/ncsc-content/files/UK%20Cyber%20Survey%20-%20analysis.pdf
File containing the top 100,000 passwords: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/static-assets/documents/PwnedPasswordTop100k.txt

guest · Apr 21, 2019

The UK’s latest list of most hacked passwords is as bad as you’d think
April 21, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/21/hacked-passwords/

Names, soccer players, musicians and fictional characters make up some of the worst passwords of the year, according to the U.K. government’s National Cyber Security Center.

But nothing beats “123456” as the worst password of all.
It’s no shock to any seasoned security pro. For years, the six-digit password has been donned the worst password of all, given its wide usage. Trailing behind the worst password is — surprise, surprise — “123456789”.

Weak passwords are a problem. Not only can they be easily guessed by bots trying to break into your account, they can be easily cracked if they’re ever stolen from the company in a data breach. Weak passwords are often the default credentials on Internet of Things devices, making it easy for botnets to quietly break into your smart devices and hijack them for nefarious purposes.
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