Ironically, the most popular password was the word “password” (“password”). The largest number of users used it in Australia, UK and India.
The combination of the digits “123456” took the second place. By the way, he was in first place in the previous two years. It was loved by residents of Brazil, Indonesia, Italy, Chile, Canada and many other countries.
In the third row there is a slightly larger set of numbers – “123456789”. Experts stated that users are often mistaken, believing that the more numbers the password is, the more secure it is. This is actually not the case – it would take less than a second for cracking software to bypass such a password.
Here are some more popular passwords that you should definitely avoid: “guest”, “qwerty”, “12345678”, “111111”, “12345”, “col123456” and “123123”.
Source: Ferra
