Overview
- NordPass and Comparitech list 123456 as the most used password of 2025 worldwide, with 25% of the top 1,000 composed solely of numbers.
- ESET reports that weak, obvious choices recur across Gen Z, millennials, Gen X and baby boomers, underscoring entrenched habits.
- In Mexico, NordPass ranks admin as the year’s most common password, while Brazil, Chile and Colombia show similarly numeric‑heavy trends.
- Coverage citing Verizon attributes about 70% of corporate data leaks to employees’ weak passwords, and ESET notes top corporate logins can be cracked in under a second.
- Security experts urge unique passwords of at least 12 characters with mixed symbols and true randomness, plus the use of generators or password managers.