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"'123456' has once again claimed the title of the world's worst password," says NordPass

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The most popular password in the world for both personal and corporate accounts is 123456 , NordPass says.

It's used by more than 3 million people for personal accounts and more than 1.2 million for corporate ones.

The company reviewed and analyzed a 2.5 TB database extracted from public sources, including those on the dark web.

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