When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works.
The most common password globally was ‘123456’, followed by ‘admin’.
Almost a third of all passwords in the list used some kind of numerical sequence.
For four years out of the previous five, ‘123456’ has taken the number one spot.
For instance, passwords such as ‘iPhone6s’ and ‘Samsung1’ were commonly used for smartphone apps.
CTO Tomas Smalakys commented that, “alternative methods in online authentication are now essential.”
