The three most commonly used passwords were 12345, 123456 and 123456789.
NordPass specialists have published a list of the most common and least secure passwords. Experts used a database containing about 500 million passwords leaked in 2019, and ranked them by popularity.
The three most frequently used passwords were 12345, 123456 and 123456789, which were identified in the database a total of 6,348,704 times. These passwords are extremely unreliable and completely predictable, allowing attackers to easily crack accounts by brute force attack.
Recall that in December, a team of Microsoft security researchers examined billions of Microsoft accounts and found that 44 million users used logins and passwords that got to the network due to data leaks in other online services. The analysis covered the period from January to March 2019.
A list of the 100 worst passwords is presented below:
12345
123456
123456789
test1
password
12345678
zinch
g_czechout
asdf
qwerty
1234567890
1234567
Aa123456.
I love you
1234
abc123
111111
123123
dubsmash
test
princess
qwertyuiop
sunshine
BvtTest123
11111
ashley
00000
000000
password1
monkey
livetest
55555
soccer
charlie
asdfghjkl
654321
family
michael
123321
football
baseball
q1w2e3r4t5y6
nicole
jessica
purple
shadow
hannah
chocolate
michelle
daniel
maggie
qwerty123
hello
112233
jordan
tigger
666666
987654321
superman
12345678910
summer
1q2w3e4r5t
fitness
bailey
zxcvbnm
fuckyou
121212
buster
butterfly
dragon
jennifer
amanda
justin
cookie
basketball
shopping
pepper
joshua
hunter
ginger
matthew
abcd1234
taylor
samantha
whatever
andrew
1qaz2wsx3edc
thomas
jasmine
animoto
madison
0987654321
54321
flower
Password
maria
babygirl
lovely
sophie
Chegg123
Users who find their passwords in this list are strongly advised to change them to more complex and secure ones.
