The latest report prepared by them brought optimistic news. The company analyzed and examined the passwords used by Poles. Proper security should, above all, be long and should not contain common words. Unfortunately, the password most often used by Poles is not something to be proud of.
What is the most popular password among Polish users? As the study shows, we have nothing to brag about
RIFFSEC analyzed data leaks that have recently occurred in Poland and then examined the passwords set by users. It turns out that one slogan appeared extremely often.
Password istock/@anyaberkut
As many as 48,265 of the analyzed entries included the word “d*pa”. It most often occurred in the “d*pa1234” variant, but combinations with more digits also often appeared. There were only 5,608 unique passwords with this word. This protection was most often used by users of streaming and gaming platforms, but also .
How to create a good password? Here’s a trick that will increase the security of your data
Passwords containing the sequence of numbers “12345”, the word “password” or the name of your child or partner are not the best ones. Just like using one password for multiple sites. We read that the best idea is to create passwords consisting of at least 8 characters, lower and upper case letters, numbers and special characters. If you feel like it, vote in our poll below.
You can use the rules below to modify them accordingly, although remember that you can apply your own rules: replace “a” with “@”, replace “s” with “$”, replace space with “%”, replace lowercase “o” to “0”, replace “i” with “!”. E.g. I have a dog, save as “M@m%p$@”.
Source: Gazeta
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