PC Magazine - USA (2020-12)

2020’s Most Common

Passwords Are Laughably

Insecure BY SHERIN SHIBU

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hances are that if a password is easy for you to remember, a hacker can

easily crack it. And despite years (and years) of tech companies warning

consumers to use hard-to-crack passwords, plus two-factor

authentication, people are still using laughably insecure codes.

Of NordPass’ 200 most used passwords for 2020, the top three are 123456,

123456789, and picture1. Next on the list is just “password,” but various

number combinations, as well as qwerty, abc123, and Million2 also make the

list. You should also avoid iloveyou, omgpop, ashley, chatbooks, princess,

sunshine, dragon, and pokemon as passwords.

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