Article 71ZXY Don’t use ‘admin’: UK’s top 20 most-used passwords revealed as scams soar

Don’t use ‘admin’: UK’s top 20 most-used passwords revealed as scams soar

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Shane Hickey
from Technology | The Guardian on (#71ZXY)

Easy-to-guess words and figures still dominate, alarming cysbersecurity experts and delighting hackers

It is a hacker's dream. Even in the face of repeated warnings to protect online accounts, a new study reveals that admin" is the most commonly used password in the UK.

The second most popular, 123456", is also unlikely to keep hackers at bay.

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