In 2022, the most popular passwords among internet users were “a123456”, “123456” and “123456789”. transmits “Reedus” referring to the results of a study on the online service DLBI (Data Leakage and Breach Intelligence). Analysts note that these combinations have been popular for several years.
“For users, passwords often remain dangerously simple. “Almost a billion passwords are just numbers, and there is a 1 to 5 combination at the top of the world,” said Ashot Hovhannisyan, the founder of the service.
Also, the most common passwords were “33112211”, “123456”, “1q2w3e4r”, “123456789” and “qwerty”. As for Cyrillic combinations, last year the most popular were “password”, “love”, “hello”, “natasha”, “maksim”, “marina”, “love”, “andrey” and “kristina”.
previous work showed69% of web users know they shouldn’t use the same password combinations for all accounts.