Revealed: The most common passwords found on the internet

The "worst passwords" found on the internet include “football” “123456” and “password”, it has been revealed.

The terms are among a list of 25 most easily guessable passwords on the internet according to security group SplashData's annual rankings.

For the fifth year running “123456” was crowned the most common password used while five similar number patterns were also in the top 10.

The most common words used by users include “password”, “qwerty” and “football”.

Examining leaked security breaches from the US and Western Europe, the group said weak settings were putting people at risk from hackers.

The group said the list demonstrated the importance of not using names, simple numeric patterns, sports and swear words when choosing a password