The Most Common Passwords That Have Leaked On The Dark Web, Ranked

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One password manager company estimates that on average, an individual has more than 100 accounts. A recent report from the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center, from January 2021, found that data breaches in the US last year were up 68 percent from 2020. Here's a list of the most common passwords that can be found on the dark web because of numerous data breaches.

Key Details

• The 20 most common passwords: "123456", "123456789", "Qwerty", "Password", "12345", "12345678", "111111", "1234567", "123123", "Qwerty123", "1q2w3e", "1234567890", "DEFAULT", "0", "Abc123", "654321", "123321", "Qwertyuiop", "Iloveyou" and "666666".
• If any of these passwords are familiar, you should change them ASAP.