Top 10 Most Hackable Passwords: Check if Yours is on the List

Oct 03, 2023, 10:36 IST

Tanisha Rajput

Source: Specops

Oct 03, 2023, 10:36 IST

Tanisha Rajput

In this digital era, it is easy to hack into just about anything because most people use easy-to-guess passwords. These security passwords are often reused or follow common patterns and themes. Specops, a software-based research website, released a list of 10 weak or most compromised passwords that are easy to hack.

10. q2w3e4r

The password mentioned above is one of the most common passwords used as it is based on a pattern and is easy to guess.

9. q2w3e4r5t

Similar to the one mentioned earlier, this password ranks as the ninth-most-hackable password. If this is your password too, change it ASAP.

8. qwertyuiop

Wondering why someone would have this kind of password? Well, yes people do have this as their password. It's third on the top row on the keyboard.

7. p@ssword

The security password mentioned above is the seventh-most hackable and compromised PIN.

6. homelesspa

This is the sixth-most-hackable password, as per Specops research.

5. qaz2wsx

This is also a pattern-based password, so avoid setting your security pin in such a pattern form.

4. p@ssw0rd

P@ssw0rd is the fourth-most-hackable password in the world.

3. welcome

According to Specops research, welcome is the third-most-hackable password.

2. admin

People are often in a hurry and don't think much while setting up the security password. In such cases, they end up using words like admin as the password which increases the possibility of their accounts being hacked.

1. password

The most common password across the world is the word "password" itself and has been ranked as the most hackable security pin.

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