Credentials
We've curated 148 cybersecurity statistics about credentials to help you understand how password management, multi-factor authentication, and the rise of phishing attacks are shaping the security landscape in 2025.
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88% of open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementations require credentials.
28% of Gen Z parents admit to sharing passwords verbally or through text or email.
46% of developers worry about AI systems sharing or leaking API credentials.
16% of organizations identify AI agents operating with user credentials as a Shadow AI concern.
In 16% of large ransomware claims, attackers leveraged compromised or weak credentials to gain entry.
Over 1.8 billion credentials were stolen in the first half of 2025 alone. The 1.8 billion stolen credentials represent an 800% increase.
The theft of credentials via information-stealing malware has skyrocketed by 800% since the start of 2025.
Of organisations that experienced attacks, 38% of breaches stemmed from compromised employee credentials.
Among non-PAM users, 8% still store credentials in spreadsheets.
68% of users admitted to reusing passwords across multiple accounts.
36% of enterprises said data breaches due to weak and stolen credentials was one of the most common ways to lose data.
One in nine (11%) password reset attempts in 2024 was a fraud attack. This rate rose to over one in four (27%) reset attempts initiated on a desktop computer.
2.9 billion unique sets of compromised credentials identified in 2024. This is an increase from 2.2 billion in 2023.
Brands are popular in passwords, with "Google" appearing in 25.9 million entries, "Facebook" in 18.7 million, "Kia" in 12.7 million.
The sequence “1234” appears in almost 4% of all passwords, which is over 727 million passwords.
Popular pop culture terms used in passwords include “Mario” (9.6 million), “Joker” (3.1 million), “Batman” (3.9 million), “Thor” (6.2 million), and “Elsa” (2.9 million).
Positive words in passwords were common: “love” (87 million), “sun” (34 million), “dream” (6.1 million), “joy” (6.9 million), and “freedom” (2 million).
"Ana" was the most popular name component, used in almost 1%, or 178.8 million passwords. It also appears in words like “banana” (used in 3.7 million passwords).
Months are popular in passwords, with "May" appearing in 28 million entries and "April" in 5.2 million.
Almost a third (27%) of the analysed passwords consisted of only lowercase letters and digits.