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People In Kildare Are Being Urged To Strengthen Password Choices

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Cyber Security Month is an annual campaign to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity.

To mark Cyber Security Month, Irish people are being urged to re-evaluate and strengthen their password choices.

123456 and Liverpool are some of the most common passwords Irish people are still using.

New research from Cyber Skills and Have I Been Pawned Dot Com shows 123456 is the most guessable password in the world.

111111 and Let Me In are also commonly used, according to security records analysed.

The study of leaked passwords on the website HaveIBeenPwned showed that 22 thousand passwords contained the words "liverpoolfc" while "manunited" was a part of 33 thousand passwords.

Roy Keane also features on the list, along with U2 Bono and Conor Mc Gregor.

 

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