Is your password too easy to guess? Expert say most popular password this year is ‘123456’

Even though many people know they shouldn't use the names of their children, pets or birthdays they do it anyway, which can make them vulnerable to hackers.

A survey by CyberNews found the most common passwords in 2021 didn't require much thought. Examples include 123456 and the word PASSWORD.

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4 comments

  1. And, what do you do if your password manager site gets hacked? Or goes down? Or you forget that ‘hard-to-guess’ password? Biometrics doesn’t always work, either. A conundrum to be sure.

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