'12345' was the most common password of 2016
Numeric combination '12345' has been named the most common password of 2016 by password managing application Keeper Security, which reviewed 10 million passwords that became public following data breaches. Passwords '123456789' and 'qwerty' were the second and third most common passwords respectively. Passwords 'google', 'password', '1q2w3e4r5t' were among the top 25 most common passwords.