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Top 20 Star Wars themed words found in breached passwords

Fan favorite Solo topped the charts at #1and appeared in over 240k breached passwords, whether strictly Star Wars related it’s hard to say, but this particular non-jedi lucked into the top spot. Boba was a close second—either Fett or tea—this trendy term was prevalent in compromised passwords with over 160k instances found. The root words here in the top 20 are a good reminder to stick to totally random passphrases for your passwords, this is not the place to celebrate your fandom.

“After recently visiting the Galaxy’s Edge Florida, joining the Resistance and Flying the Falcon it’s easy to understand how a ‘galaxy far far away’ can inspire so many people’s password choices,” said Darren James, Senior Product Manager at Specops Software who has a Death Star clock in his office. “However even a clan of Mandalorians isn’t going to save you from breached passwords, so make sure that you use a solution like Specops Breached Password Protection in your environment—this is the way!”

Luckily, you don’t need the Force to keep these passwords out of your Active Directory, Breached Password Protection works together with Specops Password Policy so that companies can block all passwords found on the list of over 4 billion unique compromised passwords, including these popular Star Wars terms. The service blocks people from choosing banned passwords in Active Directory and informs the user as to why they cannot use the password, plus it’s easy to comply with industry regulations, such as NIST or Cyber Essentials.