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The statistic shows the distribution of password character sets found among various databases leaked online as of 2017. From 320 million hashed passwords that were analyzed, 49 percent were found to be a mix of numbers and lowercase alphabetic characters. Just two percent of passwords were a mix of numbers, upper- and lowercase alphabetic characters, and symbols.
Character set distribution of user passwords worldwide as of August 2017
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PasskeysCynoSure Prime. (August 29, 2017). Character set distribution of user passwords worldwide as of August 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/744183/worldwide-character-set-distribution-of-passwords/
CynoSure Prime. "Character set distribution of user passwords worldwide as of August 2017." Chart. August 29, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/744183/worldwide-character-set-distribution-of-passwords/
CynoSure Prime. (2017). Character set distribution of user passwords worldwide as of August 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/744183/worldwide-character-set-distribution-of-passwords/
CynoSure Prime. "Character Set Distribution of User Passwords Worldwide as of August 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Aug 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/744183/worldwide-character-set-distribution-of-passwords/
CynoSure Prime, Character set distribution of user passwords worldwide as of August 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/744183/worldwide-character-set-distribution-of-passwords/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Character set distribution of user passwords worldwide as of August 2017 [Graph], CynoSure Prime, August 29, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/744183/worldwide-character-set-distribution-of-passwords/