NordPass report reveals many executives use ridiculously simple passwords

According to the new report About cybersecurity from NordPass, a huge number of executives and business owners in the world use ridiculously weak and dangerously simple passwords. Among them: "123456", "12345", "password", "123456789" and "qwerty".

• The password "123456", the most hackable of all, used by CEOs, managers and other high-ranking leaders, found violations in more than a million cases cybersecurity.
• Another popular variation, “password,” has been found in over 700,000 hacks.
• The study also showed that senior executives often use names as passwords, the most popular of which were: Tiffany (in 100,534 hacks), Charlie (33,699), Michael (10,647) and Jordan (10 472).
• Mythical creatures and animals also became a common theme. For example, "dragon" was found 11,926 times, and "monkey" was found 11,675 times.

To get these results, the researchers analyzed over 290 million cybersecurity data breaches worldwide.

These data were similar to broader trends identified in a previous NordPass study that looked at password choices by regular Web users. For example, a few years ago it turned out that "dragon" was a surprisingly popular password all over the world and was often picked up during hacking.

NordPass experts recommend using complex combinations of characters for passwords, as well as adopting password managers, capable of storing all your codes in an end-to-end encrypted digital vault. Company executives and decision makers are encouraged to train employees on cybersecurity and use multi-factor authentication as an additional layer of protection.

To create a complex combination of symbols, you can use generator Lifehacker passwords.