Worst passwords ever

It’s more necessary than ever to choose a secure password, but it’s also growing more complicated. Cybercriminals are always learning new techniques, and keeping up with them is practically difficult. Even worse, some of us aren’t even attempting. The team behind the password manager NordPass has been compiling lists of the most used passwords throughout the world for several years. The same bad passwords appear at the top of the list year after year. Sadly, this year is no exception. So, without further ado, here are 2021’s worst passwords.

1. 123456
2. 123456789
3. 12345
4. qwerty
5. password
6. 12345678
7. 111111
8. 123123
9. 1234567890
10. 1234567
11. qwerty123
12. 000000
13. 1q2w3e
14. aa12345678
15. abc123
16. password1
17. 1234
18. qwertyuiop
19. 123321
20. password123

Generally speaking, it’s probably not strong enough if you can enter your password by sliding your finger across your keyboard. The number of passwords that consist of nothing but consecutive numbers is rather disheartening. It takes less than two seconds for these passwords to be cracked. You have to consider changing your password if you are using any passwords from this list.