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.

It’s not just a problem here – Australians, Americans and Germans also use “admin” more than any other password when accessing websites, apps and logging in to their computers. Around the world, “123456” emerges as the most popular.

  • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 days ago

    12345 was made popular by a documentary several years ago. So I updated my luggage.

    /s

    It’s a reference to Spaceballs if you were out of the loop.