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    Thursday, 19 November 2020

    Pardon the Intrusion #31: Stop using “123456” as your password


    Subscribe to this bi-weekly newsletter here! Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. And the yearly ritual continues. The list of worst passwords for 2020 is here, and it’s every bit awful as you would expect. According to an analysis of 275,699,516 passwords by NordPass, a password manager service from the makers of NordVPN, it’s becoming amply clear that a lot of people are still banking on simple, easy-to-guess passwords despite the constant threat of data breaches and other security threats. Coming in at number one…

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