These 20 passwords are being used the most, an open invitation for cyber criminals, are you also making this mistake?
The new year has begun. With this, there should be a new beginning for your online security. Cyber security experts have issued a warning for users who use weak passwords.
Using a weak password can put you on the radar of scammers. Recently, NordPass has released an annual report on this. This report gives information about some common passwords that people are using. Such passwords can be broken in a few seconds.
"123456" has once again made a record of being the worst password in the world. This password tops the chart as the most common password 5 times out of 6.
Along with this, people also use the word "password" very heavily. It is at number two on the list.
These are the most common passwords- 1. 123456 2. password 3. lemonfish 4. 111111 5. 12345 6. 12345678 7. 123456789 8. admin 9. abcd1234 10. 1qaz@WSX 11. qwerty 12. admin123 13. Admin@123 14. 1234567 15. 123123 16. Welcome 17. abc123 18. 1234567890 19. india123 20. Password
Please note that always make the password long. It should be at least 10 digits long. Do not use only seven common words and phrases.
Apart from this, put alphabets, special characters and numbers in it. And do not use the same password for every account. Do not put personal information like name, address, mobile number, email, etc. in the password.
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