What are the common characters used in corporate passwords? (2013)

Study: 2013 Trustwave Global Security Report
Date: February 22 2013

The corporate passwords that were cracked fell into the following character types & combinations (n=2,961,120):

47.04%	Lowercase + Uppercase + Number
31.66%	Lowercase + Number
6.57%	Uppercase + Lowercase + Number + Symbol
4.54%	Lowercase Only
4.18%	Lowercase + Number + Special
2.67%	Number Only
1.62%	Uppercase + Number
0.65%	Uppercase + Lowercase + Special
0.28%	Uppercase + Number + Special
0.27%	Uppercase + Lowercase
0.24%	Lowercase + Special
0.22%	Uppercase Only
0.01%	Number + Special
0.01%	Uppercase + Special
0.001%	Symbol Only

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