According to security expert Mark Burnett, who has compiled a list of the 10,000 most common passwords from publicly available sources, these are the 25 most common:
1. password
2. 123456
3. 12345678
4. 1234
5. qwerty
6. 12345
7. dragon
8. pussy
9. baseball
10. football
11. letmein
12. monkey
13. 696969
14. abc123
15. mustang
16. michael
17. shadow
18. master
19. jennifer
20. 111111
21. 2000
22. jordan
23. superman
24. harley
25. 1234567
Experts warn not to use the same password across multiple sites and remember to change them often.
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