If you've been putting off changing your secret codes, this might persuade you to get it done.
Cybersecurity company NordPass has published the 2021 version of its list of the top 200 most common passwords in Canada and while many are unsurprising, some are just totally hilarious.
At the top of the table this year were the usual suspects, like "123456," "password," "qwerty," "abc123," "password1" and "testing", all of which had been used at least 73,000 times.
There were also ultra Canadian codes too, including "canada," "montreal," "toronto," "canada1" and "bonjour."
The word "hockey" was the 11th-most-common password in Canada, with as many as 65,380 Canucks choosing that on-brand word specifically.
Using your own name is also apparently fairly common, as researchers placed "tiffany," "michael," "matthew," "bailey," "michelle," "andrew," "jennifer" and "william" all in the top 50.
There were some really random ones too, made even stranger by how common their usage actually is. This includes passwords like "internet," "babygirl," "chicken," "peanut" and "ginger," to name a few.
"Killer" has been used 27,645 times over, while passwords like "fuckoff," "asshole" and "fuckyou" were also used many, many times. Yikes!
As many as 144 of the top 200 most common passwords in Canada can be cracked in less than a second, according to NordPass.
Perhaps it's time for a change, eh?
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Canada’s Most Common Passwords Have Just Been Revealed & Some Are Hilariously Canadian
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