These passwords can be hacked within 1 second. Full list here

In India the most common password is ‘123456’ used about 76,981 users, according to a recent Nord Pass.

Passwords have become the backbone of cybersecurity; they are the safe-codes to bank accounts and websites. Despite the increasing cybersecurity breach cases, people still rely on weak common passwords. Passwords like ‘12345’ or ‘password’ can be easily guessed by hackers who can break into your account in less than one second.

Passwords are hacked to breach the security of account and secure personal data of user. (Representative Image)

The Nord Pass website recently published a list of the most common passwords using research across 44 countries, including India. For this, Nord Pass extracted data from various publicly available sources, including those on the dark web.

45 most common passwords :

1. 123456
2. 123456789
3. 12345678
4. secret
5. password
6. qwerty123
7. qwerty1
8. 111111
9. 123123
10. 1234567890
11. Qwerty
12. 1234567
13. 11111111
14. Abc123
15. iloveyou
16. 123123123
17. 000000
18. a123456
19. password1
20. 654321
21. q1w2e3r4t5y6
22. 987654321
23. 123321
24. TimeLord12
25. qwertyuiop
26. Password
27. 666666
28. 112233
29. P@ssw0rd
30. princess
31. 1qaz2wsx3edc
32. asdfghjkl
33. 88888888
34. 1234561
35. abcd1234
36. 121212
37. 1q2w3e4r
38. monkey
39. zxcvbnm
40. a123456789
41. football
42. dragon
43. ashley
44. baseball
45. Sunshine

Guidelines for password security

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, issued guidelines to keep secure passwords:

Use complex passwords with a minimum length of 8 characters. A strong password should contain:

• Both upper and lowercase alphabetic characters (e.g. A-Z, a-z)
• At least one numerical character (e.g. 0-9)
• At least one special character (e.g. ~!@#$%^&*()_-+=)
• Change your passwords at least once in 120 days.

Wherever available, use advance technology of Multi-Factor Authentication.

Don’t save passwords in the browser or any unprotected documents.

Don’t write down any passwords, IP addresses or other sensitive information on any unsecured material like post-it notes or plain paper.

The website also mentions the most popular passwords used by corporate organisations. The top 10 most common passwords of corporations and individuals are almost identical. The website also says that while analysing 6 years' worth of data, they found that people’s password habits have not changed.