Are you still using a hackable password? (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

If you want to cut the risk of being hacked it might seem obvious that using the password password isnt the wisest move.

Despite this, new research NordPass suggests its the most used password in the UK this year.

The second most used password, meanwhile, was qwerty123 (qwerty is the first six letters on the top row of a keyboard for anyone puzzled), while the third was qwerty1.

Football teams feature heavily in the list, with liverpool coming in at number four, liverpool1 at number 9, arsenal at ten, chelsea at 12 and rangers at 18.

Fourth place goes to the number sequence 123456, while sixth is 123456789 and seventh password1.

Further down the list, but still in the top 20 is the name charlie and charlie1.

The results are worrying, as most of these passwords can by cracked by cybercriminals in less than a second.

The researchers at NordPass, a password manager service, used a 2.5 terabyte database of leaked passwords from across the internet and dark web to compile a list of the 200 most common passwords used this year, with the top 20 in the UK shared below.

Nordpass recommends a password with at least 20 characters (Picture Getty Images)

They found that 21,128 UK accounts use the word password and 7,338 accounts use password1.

A total of 17, 415 accounts used the number sequence 123456.

Huge numbers of corporate accounts, according to NordPasss research, also featured easily hackable passwords.

Worldwide, the top three most popular passwords for work accounts were 123456, 123456789, and 12345678.

The password 123456 was used for a whopping 1,233,477 work accounts.

Many corporate accounts were also still using default passwords, NordPasss research showed.

Another mistake many people continue to make is using the same password across accounts.

Karolis Arbačiauskas, head of business product at NordPass, said: Password reuse is widespread, and the reason is simple — its just easier.

Nevertheless, cybersecurity hygiene requires using a different password for every account because the convenience of password reuse does not outweigh the risks it poses.

20 most common passwords in the UK

password qwerty123 qwerty1 123456 liverpool 123456789 password1 qwerty liverpool1 arsenal 12345678 chelsea Password charlie football abc123 arsenal1 rangers Password1 charlie1

For example, if your credentials were breached or a hacker were to brute-force their way into one of your accounts by repeatedly trying different combinations until they gain access, they would most certainly try to use that password with the rest of your accounts.

As well as using different passwords for each account, Mr Arbačiauskas recommends people use passwords that are at least 20 characters long.

This makes it much harder for criminals to break into your account, he said.

Though please avoid 1234567891234556789123456789.

Earlier this year we took a look at the most commonly used pop culture passwords, including bands. The top spot for the latter might surprise you.

But the advice is the same avoid, as theyre easy to hack.

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