A List Of The Most Hackable Passwords You're STILL Using
Do YOU still use these?
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It’s the age of the internet and with how central it seems to be in everyone’s lives, you’d think that we would have all learned by now the importance of a strong password.
But according to some new stats, we haven’t…
The National Cyber Security Centre in the UK has revealed some of the most-hacked passwords still in use and putting people at risk, despite the constant pop-up warnings we get to create a strong password that’s atleast 6-letters and uses numbers and other symbols.
They broke down the top five most-hacked passwords and we’re guessing that some of you, or your older family members, might still be using these…
Top 5 most-hacked passwords:
- 123456
- 123456789
- qwerty
- password
- 1111111
Top ‘names’ used as passwords:
- Ashley
- Michael
- Daniel
- Jessica
- Charlie
The centre also explained that over a quarter of the population doesn’t use a separate password for their central email account, instead re-using passwords across the board.
Worried that you might get hacked?
The technical director of the NCSC, Dr. Ian Levy, revealed in a statement:
“Password re-use is a major risk that can be avoided - nobody should protect sensitive data with something that can be guessed, like their first name, local football team or favourite band.
"Using hard-to-guess passwords is a strong first step and we recommend combining three random but memorable words. Be creative and use words memorable to you, so people can't guess your password."
Get to changing your passwords!
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