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Dave Snelling & Aaron Morris

Cyber expert issues scammer warning over commonly used passwords

A cyber expert has issued an urgent warning to all internet users over their passwords, compiling a commonly-used list of secret account-protecting codes. It comes after new research from payment firm Dojo revealed just how easy it actually is for con artists to break into your accounts, which can done sometimes in just a mere matter of seconds.

The new report in-turn suggests a couple of simple modifications which can be made to effectively give your online accounts that little bit extra protection.

The firm firstly noted how the most hackable passwords are those that contain all lowercase letters or numbers, and are less than eight characters long. For example, codes like purple, letmein, qwerty, or 202201 can all be guessed in a matter of moments.

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