The most used passwords list has not changed
According to the research of the password management company, “password” will be the most used password in 2022, and this password was chosen by 5 million users. Other common passwords are “123456”, “123456789” and “guest”. It is noteworthy that popular movies and TV series such as Batman, Euphoria and Encato are also common passwords. The number of users who set their favorite team and preferred brand as their password is quite high.
Commonly used passwords are cracked in less than 1 second
According to the latest report, a simple and predictable password can be cracked in less than 1 second. It is stated that it takes 7 seconds to crack a 7-digit password consisting of small capital letters and numbers, and approximately 7 minutes to crack an 8-digit password. The research firm states that passwords that are short and don’t contain capital letters, only numbers or letters, don’t take seconds to crack. Here are the most commonly used passwords around the world:
1. Password: password
Breaking time: under 1 second
Number of users: 4.929.113
2. Password: 123456
Breaking time: under 1 second
Number of users: 1.523.537
3. Password: 123456789
Breaking time: under 1 second
Number of users: 413,056
4. Password: guest
Break time: 10 seconds
Number of users: 376,417
5. Password: qwerty
Breaking time: under 1 second
Number of users: 309,679
6. Password: 123456789
Breaking time: under 1 second
Number of users: 284.946
7. Password: 111111
Breaking time: under 1 second
Number of users: 229,047
8. Password: 12345
Breaking time: under 1 second
Number of users: 188,602
9. Password: col123456
Break time: 11 seconds
Number of users: 140,505
10. Password: 123123
Breaking time: under 1 second
Number of users: 127,762