If you use '123456' or football team names in your passwords you're at a higher risk of scams
The UK Cyber Survey published a list of the 100,000 most commonly occurring passwords rumbled by crooks in global cyber breaches
The exploitable gaps in personal security knowledge is laid bare in the first ever UK Cyber Survey, carried out for the government and the GCHQ spy centre.to take steps to stay safe online by picking a password that cannot be guessed easily. National Cyber Security Centre technical director Ian Levy said: “We understand that cyber security can feel daunting to a lot of people but we’ve published lots of easily applicable advice to make you much less vulnerable.
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