Archive · 11 Nov 2025
Most Breached Passwords Revealed: '123456' and 'India@123' Top Hacker Choices
Imagine you have a secret diary, and you want to keep your secrets safe.
You choose a password to lock your diary.
Some people choose very easy passwords, like '123456' or their pet's name.
A report looked at billions of locked accounts and found that many people used these super easy passwords.
The most common one was '123456', used by millions of people!
This is bad because sneaky people called hackers can easily guess these passwords and get into your accounts, like stealing your diary's secrets.
Even a museum with important art had a weak password.
Experts say it's better to make a password that is long, uses different kinds of letters, numbers, and symbols.
It's also good to have an extra step, like a code sent to your phone, to keep your accounts even safer.
A cybersecurity report analyzed over 2 billion accounts from data breach forums.
'123456' was identified as the most common password, used by over 7.6 million people.
Other common weak passwords include 'admin', 'password', '123', and 'Aa123456'.
The password 'India@123' was highlighted as a significant concern for users in India, ranking 53rd overall.
Security experts recommend using passwords with a minimum of 12 characters, combining uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols, and enabling two-factor authentication.
- Who
- Cyber attackers and users who set weak passwords
- What
- Revelation of the world's most common and easily breached passwords
- When
- Recently revealed in a cybersecurity report
- Where
- Global, with specific mention of India and France (Louvre Museum)
- Why
- Users tend to choose simple, common, and predictable passwords due to laziness, making accounts vulnerable to hackers.
- Analysis Scope
- Over 2 billion accounts exposed on data breach forums
- Most Common Password
- 123456
- Number of Users with '123456'
- Over 7.6 million
- Notable Regional Password
- India@123
- Ranking of 'India@123'
- 53rd on the list of 100 most common passwords
- Example of Weak Password Use
- Louvre Museum security system used 'LOUVRE'