New research by NordPass has revealed the most popular passwords used by CEOs – with '123456' and 'password' continuing to top the list.
Names and mythical creatures are also very commonly used, with 'Michael', 'Jordans' and 'dragon' also featuring in the top list.
The list of top passwords used by CEOs was compiled by NordPass in partnership with independent researchers specialising in research about cybersecurity incidents.
The team analysed over 290 million data breaches worldwide, before grouping passwords according to job title and industry.
Among the fields affected, technology, finance, construction, healthcare, and hospitality were shown to experience the most security incidents.
The list revealed that '123456', was the most popular password among CEOs, having been used by 29,401 executives across the 290 million data breaches.
'Password' was next, with 22,511 uses, followed by '12345' (11,876 uses), '123456789' (10,988 uses) and 'qwerty' (9,738 uses).
Several names were widely used, with 'Tiffany, 'Charlie', 'Michael' and 'Jordan' coming out as the most popular options.
Besides names, CEOs also showed their love for animals and mythical creatures when it came to passwords, with 'dragon' and 'monkey' revealed as the most widely used.
Last year, NordPass revealed the top 200 most common passwords used by the general public online.
Interestingly, this new data shows that easy-to-crack passwords are just as popular among business executives as they are with general internet users.
'It is unbelievable how similar we all think, and this research simply confirms that — what we might consider being very original, in fact, can place us in the list of most common,' said
