What is the most commonly used password in the world?

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It's only 6 characters long.
It's made up of numbers only.
The numbers go in order, starting from 1.

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Answer: 123456

Studies of leaked password lists, like NordPass's yearly reports, keep finding "123456" at the top, used by millions of accounts worldwide. It can be cracked in less than a second. Other common ones include "123456789," "password" and "qwerty," which is the first six letters on a keyboard.

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