Twitter has taken the unusual step of banning users from using certain passwords when they sign up to new accounts in an effort to encourage better password security.
The micro-blogging site, which has been hacked numerous times in the past year, is trying to encourage users to choose complex, difficult to guess passwords as opposed to more obvious words which could be easily cracked by either a human or computer script.
The banned list of 370 passwords includes common words such as “password”, “letmein”, “qwerty”, “123456” and “twitter”. Football teams, car manufacturers, names and places also feature in the list.
Any new user attempting to protect their account with one of the “blacklisted” passwords will be presented with an error message and asked to choose a stronger, more secure password.
The move comes just months after a hack on Microsoft Hotmail accounts revealed that a huge number of the users affected by the breach had been using woefully inadequate passwords.
Here is the full list of banned passwords, as released by TechCrunch:
1. 111111 2. 11111111 3. 112233 4. 121212 5. 123123 6. 123456 7. 1234567 8. 12345678 9. 131313 10. 232323 11. 654321 12. 666666 13. 696969 14. 777777 15. 7777777 16. 8675309 17. 987654 18. aaaaaa 19. abc123 20. abc123 21. abcdef 22. abgrtyu 23. access 24. access14 25. action 26. albert 27. alexis 28. amanda 29. amateur 30. andrea 31. andrew 32. angela 33. angels 34. animal 35. anthony 36. apollo 37. apples 38. arsenal 39. arthur 40. asdfgh 41. asdfgh 42. ashley 43. august 44. austin 45. badboy 46. bailey 47. banana 48. barney 49. baseball 50. batman 51. beaver 52. beavis 53. bigdaddy 54. bigdog 55. birdie 56. bitches 57. biteme 58. blazer 59. blonde 60. blondes 61. bond007 62. bonnie 63. booboo 64. booger 65. boomer 66. boston 67. brandon 68. brandy 69. braves 70. brazil 71. bronco 72. broncos 73. bulldog 74. buster 75. butter 76. butthead 77. calvin 78. camaro 79. cameron 80. canada 81. captain 82. carlos 83. carter 84. casper 85. charles 86. charlie 87. cheese 88. chelsea 89. chester 90. chicago 91. chicken 92. cocacola 93. coffee 94. college 95. compaq 96. computer 97. cookie 98. cooper 99. corvette 100. cowboy |
101. cowboys 102. crystal 103. dakota 104. dallas 105. daniel 106. danielle 107. debbie 108. dennis 109. diablo 110. diamond 111. doctor 112. doggie 113. dolphin 114. dolphins 115. donald 116. dragon 117. dreams 118. driver 119. eagle1 120. eagles 121. edward 122. einstein 123. erotic 124. extreme 125. falcon 126. fender 127. ferrari 128. firebird 129. fishing 130. florida 131. flower 132. flyers 133. football 134. forever 135. freddy 136. freedom 137. gandalf 138. gateway 139. gators 140. gemini 141. george 142. giants 143. ginger 144. golden 145. golfer 146. gordon 147. gregory 148. guitar 149. gunner 150. hammer 151. hannah 152. hardcore 153. harley 154. heather 155. helpme 156. hockey 157. hooters 158. horney 159. hotdog 160. hunter 161. hunting 162. iceman 163. iloveyou 164. internet 165. iwantu 166. jackie 167. jackson 168. jaguar 169. jasmine 170. jasper 171. jennifer 172. jeremy 173. jessica 174. johnny 175. johnson 176. jordan 177. joseph 178. joshua 179. junior 180. justin 181. killer 182. knight 183. ladies 184. lakers 185. lauren 186. leather 187. legend 188. letmein 189. little 190. london 191. lovers 192. maddog 193. madison 194. maggie 195. magnum 196. marine 197. marlboro 198. martin 199. marvin 200. master |
201. matrix 202. matthew 203. maverick 204. maxwell 205. melissa 206. member 207. mercedes 208. merlin 209. michael 210. michelle 211. mickey 212. midnight 213. miller 214. mistress 215. monica 216. monkey 217. monkey 218. monster 219. morgan 220. mother 221. mountain 222. muffin 223. murphy 224. mustang 225. naked 226. nascar 227. nathan 228. naughty 229. ncc1701 230. newyork 231. nicholas 232. nicole 233. nipple 234. nipples 235. oliver 236. orange 237. packers 238. panther 239. panties 240. parker 241. password 242. password 243. password1 244. password12 245. password123 246. patrick 247. peaches 248. peanut 249. pepper 250. phantom 251. phoenix 252. player 253. please 254. pookie 255. porsche 256. prince 257. princess 258. private 259. purple 260. pussies 261. qazwsx 262. qwerty 263. qwertyui 264. rabbit 265. rachel 266. racing 267. raiders 268. rainbow 269. ranger 270. rangers 271. rebecca 272. redskins 273. redsox 274. redwings 275. richard 276. robert 277. rocket 278. rosebud 279. runner 280. rush2112 281. russia 282. samantha 283. sammy 284. samson 285. sandra 286. saturn 287. scooby 288. scooter 289. scorpio 290. scorpion 291. secret 292. sexsex 293. shadow 294. shannon 295. shaved 296. sierra 297. silver 298. skippy 299. slayer 300. smokey |
301. snoopy 302. soccer 303. sophie 304. spanky 305. sparky 306. spider 307. squirt 308. srinivas 309. startrek 310. starwars 311. steelers 312. steven 313. sticky 314. stupid 315. success 316. summer 317. sunshine 318. superman 319. surfer 320. swimming 321. sydney 322. taylor 323. tennis 324. teresa 325. tester 326. testing 327. theman 328. thomas 329. thunder 330. thx1138 331. tiffany 332. tigers 333. tigger 334. tomcat 335. topgun 336. toyota 337. travis 338. trouble 339. trustno1 340. tucker 341. turtle 342. twitter 343. united 344. vagina 345. victor 346. victoria 347. viking 348. voodoo 349. voyager 350. walter 351. warrior 352. welcome 353. whatever 354. william 355. willie 356. wilson 357. winner 358. winston 359. winter 360. wizard 361. xavier 362. xxxxxx 363. xxxxxxxx 364. yamaha 365. yankee 366. yankees 367. yellow 368. zxcvbn 369. zxcvbnm 370. zzzzzz |