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Dave Snelling & Kate Lally

Worst passwords exposed and one is likely common among Scousers

It could be well worth refreshing your email and social media passwords if you haven't done so in a while, as studies show many people's online security fails to be good enough.

Today (Thursday) is World Password Day and the UK's most common phrases are still being used to lock and unlock people's most sensitive data. It appears plenty of us are using ludicrously simple codes including the word 'password' and numbers '123456'.

That makes things incredibly easy for cyber thieves to crack and possibly access personal accounts, the Mirror reports.

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