In the digital world, most of the work is now done through smartphones and laptops. From online shopping to entertainment or education, many tasks are now done through smartphones. Gadgets like internet and smartphones have made our lives much easier. But due to this, cases of cyber fraud and online scams have also increased rapidly. To ensure that our personal details are not leaked from smartphones and laptops, most people set a password. But, do you know that if you set a common password then it can be easily created.
At the beginning of the new year, a warning has been issued by cyber experts for crores of mobile users. Experts have issued a warning to those users who keep common passwords on their devices or at other places. Common passwords can be easily cracked by hackers and cyber criminals and this can lead to theft of your personal details and financial loss.
Let us tell you that NordPass has released an annual report in which it has been told about 20 such common passwords which are the weakest and which are most likely to be cracked. According to NordPass, by breaking these common passwords in a few seconds, users' personal details can be stolen.
Let us tell you that NordPass has prepared a list of the most common passwords by examining about 2.5TB of data including the dark web. It contained mostly those passwords which were either stolen through malware or which were exposed through data breach. Let us tell you about the 20 weakest and worst passwords.
20 most common passwords
- 123456
- password
- lemonfish
- 111111
- 12345
- 12345678
- 123456789
- admin
- abcd1234
- 1qaz@wsx
- qwerty
- admin123
- admin@123
- 1234567
- 123123
- welcome
- abc123
- 1234567890
- india123
- Password
never make this mistake
Once again 123456 has been placed at the first number among the weakest and worst passwords. If you have also set any password in the list on your laptop or smartphone, then change it immediately. Let us tell you that to keep your personal data safe, always create a password of at least 10 digits. Be sure to include some special characters in the password. Never set information in your password that is known to many people.
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