In the era of more and more frequent hacker attacks, securing accounts is not the easiest task. Especially since cyber criminals find new ways to steal data. One way to prevent this from happening is to choose the correct password.
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The worst password list. “123456” remains the most popular
Operating in the cybersecurity industry, Nordpass has prepared a list of the worst passwords in 2020. The ranking is not surprising, because the top ten includes as many as six entries, which are the classic “1234 …” configuration differing only in the number of digits. The phrases “picture1” (3rd place) and “password” (4th place) were also high. The 10th position was taken by the slogan: “senha”, which in Portuguese means “password”.
Compared Until last year, there were not many changes in the top ten. A novelty is the high position “picture1” and “senha”. In 2019, “qwerty” (3rd place) and “iloveyou” (8th place) were also high in the list of the worst slogans. Both phrases were in the top ten this year.
Ranking of the worst passwords. Here are the top twenty on the list:
- 123456
- 123456789
- picture1
- password
- 12345678
- 111111
- 123123
- 12345
- 1234567890
- password
- 1234567
- qwerty
- abc123
- Million2
- 000000
- 1234
- iloveyou
- aaron431
- password1
- qqww1122
The full list of the 200 worst terms is available on the website Nordpass along with information on how many times the password has been used, and how long it takes hackers to crack it. It is worth noting that the above passwords are often used to protect non-essential accounts, hence their high popularity may arise.
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