Nearly 17 percent of online passwords are ‘123456’

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Nearly 17 percent of online accounts are protected by the simple, easy-to-hack password of “123456,” according to a newly released study.

Four of the 10 most commonly used passwords are six characters or shorter, the study by the security firm Keeper shows.

Many websites have been instituting progressively more complicated rules for passwords to protect user data, but the data from the study shows many more aren’t. Hackers — and hacking software — are capable of cracking accounts in seconds if passwords are weak.

Here’s the full list of the top 25 most common passwords, uncovered from 10 million passwords that became public through data breaches that happened in 201.

1. 123456
2. 123456789
3. qwerty
4. 12345678
5. 111111
6. 1234567890
7. 1234567
8. password
9. 123123
10. 987654321
11. qwertyuiop
12. mynoob
13. 123321
14. 666666
15. 18atcskd2w
16. 7777777
17. 1q2w3e4r
18. 654321
19. 555555
20. 3rjs1la7qe
21. google
22. 1q2w3e4r5t
23. 123qwe
24. zxcvbnm
25. 1q2w3e