Please change your password before hackers use this list of the 200 most commonly used passwords to crack open your life like a coconut

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Change your password. Don't give me that, "Oh, I'll do it later," malarkey. Update your most important accounts now—and please, for the love of all of your files in the cloud, don't change it to '123456.'

Why not? Well, it's only the most popular password for both personal and corporate accounts—making it also the easiest for hackers and even AI to crack—according to NordPass. For the last six years, the password management arm of NordVPN has collated data on the most commonly used passwords in a bid to get people to take their own digital security more seriously. Unfortunately, the usual suspects reign supreme.