NordPass has announced the 200 most common passwords in 2022. While the number on the list is, you guessed it, 'password', most all of the entires are repetitions of a single character or easy-to-remember sequences. The shockingly obvious top ten passwords are:
- Password
- 123456
- 123456789
- guest
- qwerty
- 12345678
- 111111
- 12345
- col123456
- 123123
Note to everyone, must try harder!
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