Australia’s Top 20 Most Used Passwords

According to research conducted by NordPass, the most common password used in Australia is ‘123456’. In fact, it is actually the most commonly used password 43 of the 50 countries that were examined.

Here Are The Top 20 Most Commonly Used Passwords In Australia:

1. 123456
2. password
3. lizottes
4. password1
5. 123456789
6. 12345
7. abc123
8. qwerty
9. 12345678
10. holden
11. charlie
12. 1234567
13. qwerty1
14. 111111
15. dragon
16. 1234
17. 1234567890
18. qwerty123
19. australia
20. princess

How Secure Are Your Passwords?

Hive Systems has created a table that indicates how fast it would be for a hacker to crack your password. Discover the risk of your passwords in the table below:

Number of Characters	Numbers Only	Lowercase Letters	Uppercase & Lowercase Letters	Numbers, Uppercase & Lowercase Letters	Numbers, Uppercase & Lowercase Letters, Symbols
4	Instantly	Instantly	Instantly	Instantly	Instantly
5	Instantly	Instantly	Instantly	Instantly	Instantly
6	Instantly	Instantly	Instantly	Instantly	Instantly
7	Instantly	Instantly	2 secs	7 secs	31 secs
8	Instantly	Instantly	2 mins	7 mins	31 secs
9	Instantly	10 secs	1 hour	7 hours	2 days
10	Instantly	4 mins	3 days	3 weeks	5 months
11	Instantly	2 hours	5 months	3 years	34 years
12	2 secs	2 days	24 years	200 years	3k years
13	19 secs	2 months	1k years	12k years	202k years
14	3 mins	4 years	64k years	750k years	16m years
15	32 mins	100 years	3m years	46m years	1bn years
16	5 hours	3k years	173m years	3bn years	92bn years
17	2 days	69k years	9bn years	179bn years	7tn years
18	3 weeks	2m years	467bn years	11tn years	438tn years

Is Your Password On This List?

It’s time to increase your password hygiene with a few easy steps. Here at Cloud Voice & Data, we recommend you:

1. Use a password generator online to create a complex password.
2. Store all multiple & unique passwords in a password manager.
3. Use multi-factor authentication; phone message, biometric authentication etc.

Do you need more help with your password management?

Contact one of our friendly team members for more advice below.