The most insecure passwords of 2020 named

Millions of people continue to use the 123456 or 123456789 combinations that can be hacked in less than a second.

The list of the easiest passwords to crack in 2020 has been published. It was reported by the TechRepublic portal on Thursday, November 19.

The rating was compiled by NordPass, which is the developer of the popular password storage app.

According to the company, more than 2.5 million people use the password 123456. It has appeared in documents leaked on the Internet by hackers more than 23 million times.

The next most popular password is 123456789. They are owned by 961 thousand people. It can be found more than 7.8 million times on the Internet.

Picture1 is in third place in the ranking of the most dangerous passwords and password is in fourth place. Five closes with the password 12345678.

NordPass security expert Chad Hammond emphasized that most of these passwords can be cracked in less than a second.

Remember that earlier in the Vinnitsa region, hackers stole the answers to the exam entries. Hackers carried out DDoS attacks on the information and telecommunications systems of educational institutions during exams.

The hacker was also reported to have stolen $ 1 billion from a drug dealer and turned it over to US authorities. In 2012 or 2013, a hacker managed to hack into an electronic wallet in which the bitcoins of the founder of the Internet’s largest drug dealer network, Silk Road, were stored.

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