With cybersecurity threats occurring on a daily basis, having a strong, hacker-proof password is of utmost importance.
Experts recommend using different cases of alphabets, numbers as well as special characters to make it difficult for a hacker to crack the code and gain access to your account.
Despite this, there are many who continue using some of the weakest passwords on this planet.
Among the Top 200 most commonly used passwords shared by NordPass, we came across some passwords originating from India that were cracked in minutes, if not seconds.
We¡¯ve picked the 10 most common passwords which were also quick to be cracked by hackers.
Krishna
This was one of the weakest passwords on this list, where hackers and other bad actors online could crack through it in less than a second.
Lovely
Next on the list was the not-so-lovely password ¡®Lovely¡¯ which also got cracked in less than a second.
Sweety
Third on this list is Sweety which sadly is too sweet to protect itself from cyber attacks, getting cracked in less than seven seconds.
Rahul
Rahul, naam toh definitely suna hai, and maybe it¡¯s due to this immense popularity that it¡¯s a fairly easy password to crack in a matter of 17 seconds to be specific.?
Suresh
Suresh surprisingly fared much better than the previous four names on the list, but it still wasn¡¯t good enough. It got cracked in under two minutes.
Simran
Another name starting with ¡®S¡¯ that got cracked pretty quickly was Simran. Hackers were able to crack the code in just two minutes.
Aditya
Next on the list of not-so-great passwords from India is Aditya. The password of this six-letter name got cracked in two minutes.?
Anuradha
Eight on this list of terrible passwords from India is Anuradha. This nine-character password was just as easy to crack as Aditya in just two minutes
Prasad
Prasad, although still a pretty weak password, was surprisingly stronger compared to the others, taking a good 17 minutes to crack. It goes without saying, it still isn't an ideal password and adding special characters could increase its strength considerably.?
Deepak
Another five-letter name for password that wasn¡¯t as strong as one might have hoped is Deepak, which the hackers were able to crack in just two minutes,
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