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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Harriet Morphy-Morris

If you've used a password on this list, it can be cracked in seconds

Whatever you do, make sure your password isn’t on the latest list of 'the most hacked passwords' published every year by the security experts at Dojo.

By some estimates, 30,000 websites are hacked worldwide every single day. That’s a lot of stolen files, credit card details, emails, and more. As such, the need for a tough-to-crack password has never been greater as cyber experts share warnings for thousands of internet users, like NordVPN which offers a free password manager.

According to the latest damning list from Dojo, the most common (easily hacked) passwords include nicknames, followed by terms of endearment like 'iloveyou', which have both been the cause of more than one million hacks across Dojo's study. Proof that no matter how unique you think your password is it's vital to have an extra layer of online protection in place.

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