"The Most Popular IT Admin Password Is Totally Depressing"

The analysis of over 1.8 million pages identified as admin portals found that 40,000 of them used "admin" as its password, making it the most common credential used by Information Technology (IT) administrators. Between January and September of 2023, a team of researchers with Outpost24 analyzed passwords and discovered an increased dependence on default passwords. This article continues to discuss the top passwords discovered by the analysis. 

Dark Reading reports "The Most Popular IT Admin Password Is Totally Depressing"

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