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Josh Luckhurst

Pet names and terms of endearment top most hacked passwords worldwide - study

UK card machine provider Dojo has conducted a study to see what type of password has been breached the most across the world.

After analysing National Cyber Security Centre data on over 100,000 exposed passwords, Dojo has dissected the breaches into more than 30 categories to see which is the most common.

From cities to brands to swear words, most people tend to use easily memorable passwords and usually the same one across multiple accounts.

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