Security: The password “123456” is most commonly used in Brazil.
December 7, 2022
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Report published NordPass revealed the most popular passwords of people around the world. A study in more than 30 countries warns people who are still using weak passwords
Report published NordPass revealed the most popular passwords of people around the world. A study in more than 30 countries warns people who are still using weak passwords to secure their accounts. AT Brazil e.g. password “123456” is the most commonly used, being one of the weakest and most popular combinations.
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The survey, conducted in partnership with independent researchers specializing in cybersecurity incident research, listed The 200 most common passwords from every country and world🇧🇷 The tables presented were sorted based on how many times the same password was used by users, including the number of times it was present in the database and the time it took to decrypt with the attack.
Unlike Brazil, despite being ranked, the password “123456” is not the most used password in the world. The first place in the world was taken by another combination: “password” (“password” in Portuguese).
ESET, a leading company in the field of proactive threat detection, warned that the data gives an indication of the current level of maturity of users in a very important aspect of information security: many people continue to choose weak, predictable and easy to guess passwords to protect their email accounts, social networks or other online services.
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The most popular passwords in Brazil
Job title
Password
Average invasion time
Number of Accounts that used the password
one
123456
1 second
13 099
two
Brazil
1 second
8119
3
123456789
1 second
4237
four
12345
1 second
2494
5
12345678
1 second
2326
6
102030
1 second
2325
7
smart2020
5 minutes
1756
eight
teacher
1 second
1603
9
1234
1 second
1580
ten
123
1 second
1383
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The most popular passwords in the world
Job title
Password
Average invasion time
Number of Accounts that used the password
one
password
1 second
4 929 113
two
123456
1 second
1 523 537
3
123456789
1 second
413 056
four
the guest
10 Seconds
376 417
5
qwerty
1 second
309 679
6
12345678
1 second
284 946
7
111111
5 minutes
229 047
eight
12345
1 second
188 602
9
col123456
11 seconds
140 505
ten
123123
1 second
127 762
The report also contains important information related to the ranking of the most popular passwords. So while the worst passwords can change from year to year, the researchers noticed the same pattern. Sports teams, movie characters, food, bands, food, video games, movies or cars dominate all password lists. This shows the pattern that people usually follow when choosing a password to make it easy to remember.
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To see the overall ranking or specific countries, simply visit the official survey site.
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