Report: More than half of 2019’s worst passwords still in use


Many of last year's worst passwords are still being used in 2020, with '123456' being the most common terrible password. — GINO CRESCOLI/Pixabay

Internet users don’t appear to have learnt their lesson, with more than half of the 200 worst passwords from last year making it to the 2020 list.

Password management firm NordPass revealed that only 78 of the passwords on this year’s list of the most terrible – and the most common – passwords were new.

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