Samsung ranked 78th as the most used password in the world [List]

List of common passwords

If you are wondering to get to know about the most used password around the World. So, here in this article, we will check the most used password names confirmed by NordPass in a recent survey. NordPass is a proprietary password manager launched in 2019. The company has now published a list of the world’s 200 most common passwords in 2022. The list ranges from “password”, “123456”, to “1234578. Also, some use the football team’s name too.

‘Samsung’ was found as the most used password worldwide

According to a survey, the ‘Samsung‘ word was found as the most used password worldwide. Compared to last year, 73% of 200 passwords remained the same, but it is evaluated that simple passwords are vulnerable to personal information security.

According to a study conducted by Nordpass, a password management solution company, in 30 countries, ‘Samsung’ ranked 78th as the most used password in the world. The password ‘Samsung’ ranked 198th in 2019, 189th in 2020, and 78th in 2021, with usage increasing over the years.

Samsung'was found as the most used password worldwide

The world’s most used password was ‘password’, which was used 4,929,113 times. The next most frequently used passwords were ‘123456’ (1,523,537 times), ‘123456789’ (413,056 times), and ‘guest’ (376,417 times).

Passwords in different countries

England – ‘liverpool’ (Liverpool, 4th) is used as the most common password. ‘Arsenal’ ranked in the 6th position, and ‘Chelsea’ ranked in the 11th).

Japan – ‘sakura’ (cherry blossoms, 7th), Chile’s ‘maminka’ (mother, 5th), and Italy’s ‘ciao’ (hello, 4th) were also ranked in the frequently used password rankings.

Here’s a list of passwords that were cracked in less than 1 second:

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According to a report by CNBC, which analyzed the average time taken by hackers to crack online account passwords, passwords with 4 to 11 digits could be cracked immediately. 12 digits took 2 seconds, 13 digits took 19 seconds.

Combining lowercase letters, uppercase letters, and numbers weren’t safe. In this case, the 4-6 digit password was immediately decrypted. 7 digit takes 7 seconds, and 8 digit takes 7 minutes.

Lowercase and uppercase letters of the alphabet, numbers, and symbols were at least safe. It took up to 5 months to crack a 7- to 10-digit password, 34 years for an 11-digit password, and 300 years for a 12-digit password. However, even in this case, short passwords of 4-6 digits could be decrypted immediately.

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