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Is your password 123456? We know, say security experts and hackers

On World Password Day, take a moment to be embarrassed at how bad your password (probably) is.

Thu, 02 May 2019

Today is World Password Day (yes, it exists) and security experts are painting a dismal picture of just how terribly most people deal with their passwords.

Last month, in an analysis of the worst 100,000 passwords by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the agency found 23 million

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