Gen Z Officially Worse At Passwords Than 80-Year-Olds

A NordPass analysis found that Gen Z is actually worse at password security than older generations, with “12345” topping their list while “123456” dominates among everyone else. And while there were a few more “skibidis” among the Zoomer dataset compared to those who came before them, the trends were largely similar. Variants on the “123456” were among the most common for all age groups, with that exact string proving to be the most common among all users — the sixth time in seven years it holds the undesirable crown.

Some of the more adventurous would stretch to “1234567,” while budding cryptologists shored up their accounts by adding an 8 or even a 9 to the mix. However, according to Security.org’s password security checker, a computer could crack any of these instantly. Most attackers would not even need to expend the resources required to reveal the password, given how commonly used they are. They could just spray a list of known passwords at an authentication API and secure a quick win.