Cases of cyber crime are increasing day by day, in such a situation, if you use a weak password, it can prove to be very dangerous. The report of password manager NordPass has mentioned about 20 such passwords which can be cracked very easily. There are many passwords which take 1 second to break. Today we are going to tell you a list of 20 such weak passwords.
Cases of cyber crime are increasing day by day, where scammers are adopting different methods to cheat people. In such a situation, if you use a weak password, it can prove to be very dangerous. Today we are going to tell you about 20 such passwords, which are very common in India. Some passwords can be cracked within a few seconds.
Actually, a report has been presented by password manager NordPass. It has been told in this report that there are 20 such common passwords in India, which can be easily cracked by scammers. Not only this, the possible time taken to crack a common password has also been mentioned. Today we are going to tell you about the list of those 20 passwords. Also, it is advised that you change these weak passwords as soon as possible.
What is the most common password?
NordPass report states that the most common password used by Indians is 123456. However, the report does not mention how many people or what percentage of computer users use this password. Although the time to crack it has been mentioned in the report, this password can be cracked in 1 second.
Second most common password
The second most used password by Indians is admin. It takes less than 1 second to crack it. The third number password is 12345678, while the fourth number is 12345 and the fifth number is password. These can be cracked in 1 second.
Let’s see the list of most common passwords
Number | Password | Crack time |
1 | 123456 | Â 1 second |
2 | admin | 1 second |
3 | 12345678 | 1 second |
4 | 12345 | 1 second |
5 | PaSSWORD | 1 second |
6 | Pass@123 | 5 minutes |
7 | 123456789 | 1 second |
8 | Admin@123 | 1 year |
9 | India @123 | 3 hours |
10 | admin@123 | 34 minutes |
11 | Pass@1234 | 17 minutes |
12 | 1234567890 | 1 second |
13 | Abcd@1234 | 17 minutes |
14 | Welcome@123 | 10 minutes |
15 | Abcd@123q | 17 minutes |
16 | Admin123 | 11 seconds |
17 | Administrator | 1 second |
18 | Password@123 | 2 minutes |
19 | Password | 1 second |
20 | UNKNOWN | 17 minutes |
How to prepare a strong password?
In this era of AI, it is important that users use a strong password for the security of their account. For a strong password, it is necessary to prepare a combination of special characters, digits and alphabets and prepare the password. Do not make your name, date of birth, mobile number, home address etc. your password even by mistake.