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Are you using one of the worst passwords of 2013? CHANGE IT!

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(KFOR) — The list of the 25 worst passwords of 2013 is out and there’s a change the word in the top spot.

Time magazine reports that “1-2-3-4-5-6″ now out ranks “password,” which is usually number one.

Rounding out the top 10 are more numbers like “1-1-1-1-1-1,” the letters “q-w-e-r-t-y”, and “I love you.”

SplashData, a company that gathers this information, says that password’s like adobe 1-2-3 are a good reminder that you should not base your password on the sites you use.

“Seeing passwords like ‘adobe123’ and ‘photoshop’ on this list offers a good reminder not to base your password on the name of the website or application you are accessing,” SplashData’s CEO said in a statement.

  1. 123456
  2. password
  3. 12345678
  4. qwerty
  5. abc123
  6. 123456789
  7. 111111
  8. 1234567
  9. iloveyou
  10. adobe123
  11. 123123
  12. admin
  13. 1234567890
  14. letmein
  15. photoshop
  16. 1234
  17. monkey
  18. shadow
  19. sunshine
  20. 12345
  21. password1
  22. princess
  23. azerty
  24. trustno1
  25. 000000

Click here to read more from Time magazine.