Top 200 Dumbest Passwords of 2021 Revealed.

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Last Updated on August 17, 2021 by Calvin C.

Why you need a tool like NordPass

In this article, we look at the top 200 dumbest passwords of 2021 but before we do that, here’s what you need to know first.

NordPass is a free tool that is a product of NordVPN. It is a password manager capable of generating complex, secure passwords that help you beat hackers because they are hard to crack.

In 2020, 275,699,516 breached passwords were populated and analysed for complexity. The results were shocking as these passwords were not generated by any password manager.

Nowadays, with more sophisticated password cracking software around, a password needs to be more complex than ever.

That’s why some sites prompt you to create a long password with numbers, special characters and capital letters.

Some systems even remember the last 2 or 3 passwords you used so that you don’t reuse them again.

Why go through all the trouble of trying to figure out all these complex passwords. NordPass does all the hard work for you and logging in is faster.

You can read more about NordPass in another section because now we dive into the heart of the topic.

Shocking statistics of the dumbest passwords

According to Forbes, more than half of the passwords populated in 2020 were not unique and that is shocking.

The numbers are as follows:

The full list is found on NordPass website but a glimpse of the top 10 is as follows:

Position	Password	Number of users	Time to crack it	Times exposed
1	123456	2,543,285	Less than a second	23,597,311
2	123456789	961,435	Less than a second	7,870,694
3	picture1	371,612	3 Hours	11,190
4	password	360,467	Less than a second	3,759,315
5	12345678	322,187	Less than a second	2,944,615
6	111111	230,507	Less than a second	3,124,368
7	123123	189,327	Less than a second	2,238,694
8	12345	188,268	Less than a second	2,389,787
9	1234567890	171,724	Less than a second	2,264,884
10	senha	167,728	10 Seconds	8,213

It’s shocking! The unfortunate bit is that there are even more dumb passwords that I haven’t captured in the table. Visit the link above to see more details.

NordPass went a step further by classifying the cracked passwords into categories. These are:

There is nothing complex about any password that falls in those categories. If a password appears in a dictionary, definitely it’s out because it can be cracked in milliseconds.

It doesn’t have to be hard because you can simply use a password manager. NordPass password manager has a free and paid plan.

The free plan is adequate for most users unless you want more features.

What is the solution?

In addition to using a password, you should also enable 2FA (2 factor authentication) so that there is an additional layer of security.

If you read my article on WiFi Pineapple, you understand that a hacker can mount a brute-force attack on your password. The shorter and simpler the password, the faster it is cracked.

You can see from the above table that it takes only a matter of seconds to crack dumb passwords.

A cybersecurity expert from ESET commented,  “Password managers, which can hold all our passwords securely, are the answer to this problem. Although many people think that putting all their passwords in one place on the cloud could make them vulnerable to attack, the opposite is in fact true.

The clever use of two-factor authentication (2FA) and robust encryption is a far stronger mix than having to remember 100s of accounts, each with three random words.”

Conclusion

These are the 200 dumbest passwords and I hope going forward you won’t be one of the people in the statistics.

In addition, keep the bad guys in the dark by using a VPN so that all your internet traffic is encrypted.

Share the post with your friends and family because at some point everyone who goes online uses a password.

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