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If you’re using 'India@123', change it now— study warns millions at risk
A new analysis by Comparitech of more than 2 billion passwords leaked in 2025 has found that simple and predictable passwords remain widely used globally.
The most common passwords include “123456”, “12345678”, “123456789”, “admin”, “1234”, “Aa123456”, “12345” and “password”.
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The researchers also noted a sharp rise in region-specific weak passwords such as “India@123”, which emerged as one of the most frequently used in India.
The report said nearly one-quarter of the top 1,000 passwords consisted only of numerical strings, while 38.6% contained the sequence “123”.
Another 2% included “321”, and 3.1% contained the letters “abc”.
Security experts warn that such passwords are highly vulnerable to automated cracking tools.
They advise using unique passwords of at least 12 characters that combine upper- and lower-case letters, numbers and symbols, and enabling two-factor authentication to reduce the risk of account breaches.
The top 10 most-used passwords are
123456
12345678
123456789
admin
1234
Aa123456
12345
password
123
1234567890
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