"After analyzing six years' worth of data, we can say there hasn't been much improvement in people's password habits," NordPass said in the report. "So, despite many organizations' efforts to spread awareness, the problem is still as prevalent as ever."
Out of the worst offenders, "123456" took the top prize. Found in over 3 million instances, this one would take a cybercrook less than a second to crack. Similarly easy winners (or losers) included "123456789," "12345678," "password," and "qwerty123." Collectively, these four were used by more than 3.8 million people.
Rounding out the top ten were "qwerty1," "111111," "12345," "secret," and "123123." Again, all of these were used by millions of people and could be cracked in less than a second.
The news wasn't much better for people in the professional world. Among the passwords found for corporate accounts, "123456" was again top of the list, used in more than 1.2 million cases.
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