23 Million users in Internet use same password | See whether your password results here

A recent survey conducted by the UK-Based National Cybersecurity Center(NCSC) and WeareSocialmedia.com(weRSM) has come up with some of the shocking reports. This survey was taken against user Password security on the Internet. The report confirmed that the user password on the Internet is not safe because of the weak password provided by the users in all the sites such as Online banking, Emails, etc. This Survey was conducted worldwide

Shocking report

The report shows off clearly that More than 23 Million users on internet use one of the very weak password 123456. By these results, it is confirmed that 23 Million users data are hacked or compromised very easily.

The top 10 most used common weak passwords by users on the internet across the world are given as follows

1. 123456
2. 123456789
3. qwerty
4. password
5. 111111
6. 12345678
7. abc123
8. 1234567
9. password1
10. 12345

Internet Statistics

More than 4.4 Billion peoples are using the internet. In that 3.3 Billion people access the internet using Smartphones. 23 Million of the users are having the same default password. This shows users on the Internet are not very much aware of the security features. Internet Companies are providing enormous features to user security. But we people are totally breaking the security of the internet by providing weak passwords to our account. 

Hacking made easy

By this type of weak passwords, the hacking attempt can be taken place very easily and also there was no more security. In fact, hackers can use simple tools such as dictionary attack and brute force attack to easily get out your password. Most of the people use weak passwords to make them remember easier. For this, you can come up with password managers.

Blaming Companies

We are responsible for the hacking attempts to take place on the Internet because of the weak passwords. But we are blaming the security feature of the internet.

Advanced Security feature

Many internet companies have come up with advanced security features in their password guidelines. They have maintained a policy and agreement against the user password. The user should meet the password guidelines provided by the esteemed company. This made some extra layer of security.

Some tips for Strong password

• Don't use common words as a password such as names etc.
• Use the combination of Letters, numbers, symbols, etc.
• Use Alphametic characters in between.
• Use Trusted password managers.

Stay safe.

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