India, April 29 -- Passwords have become the backbone of cybersecurity; they are the safe-codes to bank accounts and websites. Despite the increasing cybersecurity breach cases, people still rely on weak common passwords. Passwords like '12345' or 'password' can be easily guessed by hackers who can break into your account in less than one second.

The Nord Pass website recently published a list of the most common passwords using research across 44 countries, including India. For this, Nord Pass extracted data from various publicly available sources, including those on the dark web.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, issued guidelines to keep secure passwords:

Use complex passwords with a minimum...