World Password Day is on May 4 and before that NordPass has released a report. In this report, it has been told how people are using weak passwords in online accounts, which hackers can crack in less than 1 minute. In fact, many governments and some non-governmental organizations around the world are very concerned about online data leaks. In such a situation, the report of NordPass says that most people use very simple passwords.
NordPass analyzed about 3TB of data for this report and found that there are 200 types of passwords that are very common. It is common in about 30 countries. Quite surprising results have come out in the report. Where people are being made aware of cyber security all over the world and many users leave the security of their data to a weak password.
same password for multiple accounts
NordPass has stated in its reports that most users use the same type of password for all their online accounts. In such a situation, if hackers get a password, they can hack all the accounts. This can prove to be very dangerous for the users.
Top-10 most common passwords
NordPass has given a total of 200 types of passwords on its websites, which are the most common. The first common password is Password. In reports 1-3 numbers of passwords can be cracked in less than 1 second. Overall, there are 8 passwords in the top 10 that can be cracked in less than 1 second.
List of top-10 most common passwords
- password
- 123456
- 123456789
- guests
- qwerty
- 12345678
- 111111
- 12345
- col123456
- 123123
10 most common passwords used in India
- password
- 123456
- 12345678
- bigbasket
- 123456789
- pass@123
- 1234567890
- anmol123
According to experts, users should use different strong passwords for their different accounts. Name, mobile number and date of birth etc. should be ignored in this. Also, to create any password, small and large capitals, special characters and numbers should be used in it. In this mobile number, name and date of birth etc. should be ignored.
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