{"id":3780,"date":"2021-09-13T13:51:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T11:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2021-10-06T15:45:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T13:45:15","slug":"top-misfortunate-passwords-of-fortune-500-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/fr\/blog\/2021\/09\/13\/top-misfortunate-passwords-of-fortune-500-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"TOP Misfortunate Passwords Of Fortune 500 Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qtranxs-available-languages-message qtranxs-available-languages-message-fr\">D\u00e9sol\u00e9, cet article est seulement disponible en <a href=\"https:\/\/10guards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3780\" class=\"qtranxs-available-language-link qtranxs-available-language-link-en\" title=\"en\">en<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/10guards.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3780\" class=\"qtranxs-available-language-link qtranxs-available-language-link-ru\" title=\"ru\">ru<\/a>.<\/p><p>NordPass experts have named the most misfortunate passwords of Fortune 500 companies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Researchers analyzed publicly available databases of compromised passwords that affected Fortune 500 companies. A total of 15,603,438 leaks were examined and segmented into 17 industries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00ab\u00a0Even the biggest players are struggling with password security.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>So, what did they find out:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How often Fortune 500 companies&rsquo; passwords were leaked.<\/li>\n<li>What percentage of unique passwords in a particular industry.<\/li>\n<li>What are the most popular passwords in the industry?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>What they found out:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20% of the passwords were the exact name of the company or one variant of the name.<\/li>\n<li>\u00ab\u00a0Vacation\u00a0\u00bb is one of the most popular passwords in the healthcare industry.<\/li>\n<li>In the hospitality industry, most passwords were for a company name or variant of it.<\/li>\n<li>\u00ab\u00a0Password\u00a0\u00bb is one of the most popular passwords in all industries.<\/li>\n<li>HR had the highest percentage of unique passwords at 31%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>TOP 10 WEAKEST PASSWORDS BY INDUSTRY:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>1) Retail and e-commerce (number of leaks &#8211; 1,345,578; unique passwords &#8211; 26%) <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>unknown<\/li>\n<li>shumon<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>abc123<\/li>\n<li>default<\/li>\n<li>ABC123<\/li>\n<li>Company name1*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>2) Energy sector (1,176,450 passwords leaked; 28% of unique passwords)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>pa55word<\/li>\n<li>snowman<\/li>\n<li>12345<\/li>\n<li>linkedin<\/li>\n<li>default<\/li>\n<li>Pa55word<\/li>\n<li>password1<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>3) Technology and IT (leaks &#8211; 2 742 591; unique passwords &#8211; 28%)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>research<\/li>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>Company name76*<\/li>\n<li>linkedin<\/li>\n<li>Company name123*<\/li>\n<li>career121<\/li>\n<li>pass1<\/li>\n<li>password1<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>4) Healthcare (total number of leaks &#8211; 1,424,317; unique passwords &#8211; 26%)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>12345<\/li>\n<li>company name2012*<\/li>\n<li>company name2014*<\/li>\n<li>pass1<\/li>\n<li>company name*<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>5) Finance (3 606 310 passwords, unique passwords &#8211; 25%)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>student<\/li>\n<li>default<\/li>\n<li>13pass13<\/li>\n<li>linkedin<\/li>\n<li>Profit<\/li>\n<li>sunshine<\/li>\n<li>ready2go<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>6) Telecom (546,592 leaks; 20% of unique passwords)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>cheer!<\/li>\n<li>password1<\/li>\n<li>12345678<\/li>\n<li>abc123<\/li>\n<li>unknown<\/li>\n<li>Company name1*<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>123456789<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>7)Automotive Industry (461,095 leaks; unique passwords &#8211; 28%)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>Company name2002*<\/li>\n<li>12345<\/li>\n<li>123456789<\/li>\n<li>default<\/li>\n<li>penispenis<\/li>\n<li>1234<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>8) Construction and Manufacturing (1,298,703 leaks; unique passwords &#8211; 24%)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>Company name eu*<\/li>\n<li>123ccp<\/li>\n<li>pass1<\/li>\n<li>company name*<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>9) Aerospace (485,120 passwords &#8211; 485,120 leaks; unique passwords &#8211; 28%)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>aaaaaa<\/li>\n<li>cheezy<\/li>\n<li>112233<\/li>\n<li>tingwei1<\/li>\n<li>123456789<\/li>\n<li>111111<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>10) Transportation and Logistics (429,331 leaks; unique passwords &#8211; 28%)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>Company name01*<\/li>\n<li>Company name123*<\/li>\n<li>Xxx company name*<\/li>\n<li>linkedin<\/li>\n<li>Company name123*<\/li>\n<li>Company name1*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>11) Consumer Goods (942,289 passwords &#8211; 942,289 leaks; unique passwords &#8211; 27%)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>marino<\/li>\n<li>passport<\/li>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>Argentina<\/li>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>dummies<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>Chile<\/li>\n<li>pass1<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>12) Chemical industry (237,593 leaks; unique passwords &#8211; 30%)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>moo123<\/li>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>12345<\/li>\n<li>linkedin<\/li>\n<li>default<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>pass1<\/li>\n<li>sunshine<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>13) Agriculture (105,919 leaks; unique passwords &#8211; 30%)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>ozzymandius<\/li>\n<li>default<\/li>\n<li>jakubiak<\/li>\n<li>company name*<\/li>\n<li>republic<\/li>\n<li>august<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>14) Media and Advertising (114,457 leaks; unique passwords &#8211; 27%)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>myspace1<\/li>\n<li>jesus1<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>unwantedx1<\/li>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>default<\/li>\n<li>password1<\/li>\n<li>4eVer22<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>15) Hospitality (420,636 passwords &#8211; 420,636 leaks; unique passwords &#8211; 29%)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>Company name123 *<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>Hello123<\/li>\n<li>Company name 1*<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>company name*<\/li>\n<li>company name1*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>16) Real Estate (162,455 passwords, unique passwords &#8211; 29%)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>simon<\/li>\n<li>Company name2012*<\/li>\n<li>aaron431<\/li>\n<li>twilight1<\/li>\n<li>Welcome1<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>simon1<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #afcf60;\"><strong>17) HR (104,002 leaks; 31% unique passwords)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>password<\/li>\n<li>Kenzie14<\/li>\n<li>Company name123*<\/li>\n<li>Company name1234*<\/li>\n<li>welcome1<\/li>\n<li>123456<\/li>\n<li>Company name*<\/li>\n<li>linkedin<\/li>\n<li>scooter<\/li>\n<li>Password<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*<em> This password is a company name or a variant of it (e.g., company name 2002). Experts did not provide the exact name of the company.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: NordPass<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00e9sol\u00e9, cet article est seulement disponible en en et ru.NordPass experts have named the most misfortunate passwords of Fortune 500 companies. &nbsp; Researchers analyzed publicly available databases of compromised passwords that affected Fortune 500 companies. A total of 15,603,438 leaks were examined and segmented into 17 industries. &nbsp; \u00ab\u00a0Even the biggest players are struggling with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/password_DDoS-2.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3780"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3803,"href":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3780\/revisions\/3803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}