These are the most hacked passwords – are you using any?
Choosing the right passwords is both incredibly stressful and vitally important. Everything from our work emails to our bank accounts is readily accessible online, and passwords are how we keep them all private. But we don’t all take online security as seriously as we should, which is why countless individuals get hacked each year. Of course, there are no guarantees when it comes to security, but you can still avoid obvious pitfalls, like using bad passwords. That’s why you need to see this list of the most hacked passwords.
Payment service provider Dojo recently conducted a study to determine the most commonly hacked passwords worldwide. Dojo analyzed data on over 100,000 breached passwords from the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC). Dojo then arranged all of those passwords into over 30 categories, such as sports, colors, and cities.
Below, you shall see the top 20 most hacked password categories, as well as the number of breached passwords that include a word or phrase from that category:
Pet names/terms of endearment: 4,032
Names: 3,913
Animals: 2,112
Emotions: 1,917
Food: 1,662
Colors: 1,450
Swear words: 1,268
Actions: 991
Family members: 723
Car brands: 606
Cities: 505
Brands: 477
Countries: 463
Sports: 457
Religions: 341
Hobbies: 314
Weather: 313
Drinks: 268
Social media platforms: 253
Star signs: 204
As you can see, passwords that feature pet names and terms of endearment are the ones that are hacked more often than any others. These passwords use words and phrases such as “love,” “baby,” and “angel” — all of which you might call your significant other.

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