In this digital world, many of our works are done online. For everything from online shopping to college admission, you have to create an online account. If you create a weak or common password while creating an account, then there is a 100 percent risk of the account being hacked. Your personal details may fall into the hands of cyber criminals, which they may misuse.
The last decade has seen a rise in cyber crime cases. These cases of cyber crime have increased rapidly due to the carelessness of the cyber criminals as well as the users. Cyber experts keep warning users from time to time about upcoming cyber crimes. World of Statistics has released the list of 10 worst passwords in the world through its Twitter (X) handle. If you also keep any of these passwords, then there will be 100 percent chance of the account being hacked. These passwords are very common and most of the users keep these passwords. In such a situation, it becomes easy for cyber criminals to crack them.
World’s top 10 worst passwords:
— World of Statistics (@stats_feed) January 15, 2024
1. password
2. 123456
3. 123456789
4. guest
5. qwerty
6. 12345678
7. 111111
8. 12345
9. col123456
10. 123123
10 worst passwords in the world
1. password
2. 123456
3. 123456789
4. guests
5. qwerty
6. 12345678
7. 111111
8. 12345
9. col123456
10. 123123
Keep these things in mind while creating a password
▪️If you are going to create a password for an online account, then some basic things must be kept in mind.
▪️The password must contain at least one capital letter.
▪️Apart from this, keep at least one number.
▪️Not only this, keep a special character also.
Alpha-numerical passwords are known as strong passwords. At the same time, while creating the password, it should also be kept in mind that your password should not contain your information which is available in the public domain, such as your date of birth, anniversary date, name, city name etc.
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