What are the common characters used in corporate passwords? (2013)

Study: 2013 Trustwave Global Security Report
Date: February 22 2013

The corporate passwords that were cracked fell into the following character types & combinations (n=2,961,120):
  • 47.04%
  • Lowercase + Uppercase + Number
  • 31.66%
  • Lowercase + Number
  • 6.57%
  • Uppercase + Lowercase + Number + Symbol
  • 4.54%
  • Lowercase Only
  • 4.18%
  • Lowercase + Number + Special
  • 2.67%
  • Number Only
  • 1.62%
  • Uppercase + Number
  • 0.65%
  • Uppercase + Lowercase + Special
  • 0.28%
  • Uppercase + Number + Special
  • 0.27%
  • Uppercase + Lowercase
  • 0.24%
  • Lowercase + Special
  • 0.22%
  • Uppercase Only
  • 0.01%
  • Number + Special
  • 0.01%
  • Uppercase + Special
  • 0.001%
  • Symbol Only




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