The most common password encountered over a 45 day period worldwide in 2021 was admin, used nearly 21 million times. Other passwords such as root, nc11, user and enable, were used over three million times.
Most common passwords used in Internet of Things (IoT) devices over a 45 day period worldwide in 2021
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