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You’d better change your birthday – hackers may know your PIN
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Quote:Are you in the 26% of people who use one of these PIN codes to unlock their phones?
You’ve likely seen a list of top 25 passwords that get reused time and time again – “password” is a usual suspect – but what about phone PIN numbers? How unique are the PIN codes that we choose to stop cybercriminals from getting into our phones and their eyes onto our most precious accounts?

People tend to lock their phones with a code, but what if someone knew that code or could possibly work it out? Maybe they could guess it from frequently used PIN numbers? Would they then be able to read your emails, send a WhatsApp or view your Amazon basket?

Recent research from the SANS Institute found the top 20 most common mobile phone PIN codes were (and not in order):



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