Considering the chatter about strong password requirements and enhanced cybersecurity measures across most applications, it may seem surprising just how … terrible …. many passwords still are.
Yet, that is exactly what NordPass continues to find when analyzing people’s password habits. For the sixth year, the password manager completed a study and found, in its own words, “they’re still really bad.” Together with NordStellar, the organization reviewed a 2.5-terabyte database extracted from publicly available sources across 44 countries.
Unsurprisingly, “123456” and “password” are high on the list. However, “dragon” and “monkey” appearing in the top 20 may be a little more of a revelation (2024 was the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese Zodiac – a good example of how passwords become commonly used across large groups of people based on social context).
Here are the worst passwords of 2024:
- 123456
- 123456789
- 12345678
- password
- qwerty123
- qwerty1
- 111111
- 12345
- secret
- 123123
- 1234567890
- 1234567
- 000000
- qwerty
- abc123
- password1
- iloveyou
- 11111111
- dragon
- monkey
NordPass goes further by listing up to 200 awful passwords – you can check out the full list here. Are you currently using any passwords on the list? If so, you may want to strengthen them.
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