THE YEAR'S WORST PASSWORD OFFENDERS.

• Author: O'Rourke, Morgan
• Position: FINDINGS - Brief article

Rapper Kanye West topped Dashlane's list of the worst password offenders of 2018, which spotlights the high-profile individuals and organizations that made the most significant password-related mistakes during the year. West's blunder came in a televised meeting in the Oval Office with President Trump where he was seen unlocking his iPhone with the extremely weak passcode "00000." Second on the list was the Pentagon, where a Government Accountability Office audit found a number of cybersecurity vulnerabilities, including easy-to-guess administrative passwords and multiple weapons systems protected only by default passwords. Other offenders included Nutella, which...