DMT Password Research

Mark Burnett, lecturer and author in the field of IT security from Utah (USA), published an archive of 10 million combinations of username and password on February 10, 2015. These date from the years 2005 to 2015 and could be found as unencrypted plain text on search engines on the Internet. You can browse through this data here.

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Since we humans are creatures of habit and very rarely leave once practiced procedures, we still use the names of our partners, children and pets often in combination with their dates of birth as password. Car brands, drinks, actors, erotic items, animals, keyboard patterns and much more are also popular. The creation of user names is similarly creative.

Simply search for terms such as "BMW", "Elvis", "JimBeam", "admin" , "password" , "1234" or "qwert". Don't be afraid to use swear words, insults and erotic terms. You will be amazed at how often they are used.

What to do?

Use our other DMT online tools for secure passwords. With DMT Password Generator and DMT Passphrase Generator you can generate any number of secure passwords and passphrases. With DMT Password Check you can check your passwords for security aspects. Are you interested in a lecture or training session on the subject of passwords? Contact us!