Specops Software, a password management and authentication company released a compilation of frequently used DC and Marvel characters found on breached password lists on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To determine the list, the company said it analyzed more than 800 million passwords from a subset of more than 2 billion passwords in Specop’s Breached Password Protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Specops, Marvel’s Loki appears most frequently on lists of broken passwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Runner-up “Thor” surfaced almost 148,000 times on the password lists, edging out “Robin” at number 3. “Joker” and “Flash” round out the top five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interestingly, the top 10 includes six DC characters, compared to Marvel’s four appearances with “Batman” (DC), “Superman” (DC), “Vision” (Marvel), “Falcon” (Marvel) and “Penguin” (DC) at the top of the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has been revealed that superhero characters used as passwords can still use a healthy dose of special characters and numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results add a layer of cybersecurity to the classic debate about the two comic universes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In recent months, there have been a number of high-profile cybersecurity attacks on critical U.S. infrastructure, including a water treatment plant in Florida, JBS Foods ransomware attacks and the incident at the Colonial Pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This highlights the importance of password security in the face of recent cybercrime.<\/p>\n\n\n