NordPass has announced the most used passwords of 2022. The summit belonged to “password” to be the same as decades ago.
The passwords that have been in our lives since the first days of the Internet’s opening to the world, unfortunately, are still not taken seriously by many people. In the internet environment where almost every detail about us is available, thousands of people every day due to the use of insecure passwords. to hackers can be a victim.
So, what are the most ‘cracked’ passwords on the internet that you can choose this year? The answer to this question is NordPass’ “Most used passwords” was given along with the report. The most used passwords in 2022 and how many times they were broken were shared as follows:
The most used passwords of 2022:
| Password | break time | How many times has it been broken? |
|---|---|---|
| password | less than 1 second | 4.929.113 |
| 123456 | less than 1 second | 1,523.537 |
| 123456789 | less than 1 second | 413,056 |
| guest | 10 seconds | 376,417 |
| qwerty | less than 1 second | 309,679 |
| 12345678 | less than 1 second | 284,946 |
| 111111 | less than 1 second | 229,047 |
| 12345 | less than 1 second | 188,602 |
| col123456 | 11 seconds | 140,505 |
| 123123 | less than 1 second | 127,762 |
| 1234567 | less than 1 second | 110,279 |
| 1234 | less than 1 second | 106,929 |
| 1234567890 | less than 1 second | 105,189 |
| 000000 | less than 1 second | 102,636 |
| 555555 | less than 1 second | 98,353 |
| 666666 | less than 1 second | 91,274 |
| 123321 | less than 1 second | 83,241 |
| 654321 | less than 1 second | 81,231 |
| 7777777 | less than 1 second | 74,233 |
| 123 | less than 1 second | 60,795 |
- All the numbers above cover only the year 2022.
So, how is this data obtained?
The most used passwords, of course, are not found by counting how many people use the passwords one by one. On the contrary, all cyber-attack events throughout the year are recorded and the data is handled by expert institutions and individuals. The 3 TB database of users in 30 countries includes the passwords of the compromised accounts.
For those who want to create a strong password:
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