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Title: Yes, the 10 worst passwords still include ‘password’ and ‘secret’
Post by: HCK on November 20, 2024, 04:05:08 pm
Yes, the 10 worst passwords still include ‘password’ and ‘secret’

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/11/Yes-the-10-worst-passwords-still-include-password-and-secret.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>Some six years after virtual <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/privacy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">private[/url] network company <a href="https://nordvpn.com/9to5mac" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NordVPN[/url] started searching data breaches for the most-used passwords, things are every bit as bad as when the company started.</p>



<p>Each year, the company searches the dark web for passwords stolen by malware or exposed in <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">security[/url] breaches to determine the most commonly-used passwords, and this year’s crop is as depressing as ever …</p>



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