That's according to NordPass, a password manager developed by the same company that makes the popular NordVPN virtual private networking software.
Other common passwords used by South African users, according to NordPass, include "Abcd1234" in fourth place and "123456789" in fifth position.
The full list, according to the company, is
- 123456
- password
- qwerty123
- Abcd1234
- 123456789
- qwerty1
- 12345
- 12345678
- Aa123456
- qwerty
- Password
- Password1
- 1234
- 1234567
- 1234567890
- Pssw0rd
- 123abc
- password1
- 123love
- admin
What's even worse than these easy-to-guess passwords is that 40 of those used are identical.
