Everyone knows that they should have a strong pin number for
their ATM, but for different reasons some choose not to listen to
the suggestion and hackers know this.
Thieves
are smart, sometimes, and can figure out a way to break your pin number.
Identity theft is after all a multi million dollar industry in the US.
A new study from DataGenetics lists the ten most frequently and easily stole
pin numbers. Yes, people actually use these, so if you’re one of those who
does, you are better off changing the password now, while you are reading this
article.
What is
considered a strong password or pin then? Or better yet, which numbers should
you never use when creating a pin?
The
obvious ones are birth dates of you or other family members, those can fairly
easily be found online. According to a Forbes report the United States and
Mexico are the countries in which fraud occurs more often.
To
protect yourself from a stolen ATM pin use a nondescript number that has
nothing to do with any personal information directly related to you.
It is
not always easy, since we use passwords for ever single thing we do online. But
it is crucial that you spend more than a couple of seconds trying to come up
with a hard to break pin number. Your financial security is at stake.
These
are the ten most used pin numbers.
1. 1234
2. 1111
3. 0000
4. 1212
5. 7777
6. 1004
7. 2000
8. 4444
9. 2222
10.6969
Since
the hackers know these are the most used pins, you might want to change yours
if it appears on this list.
The least
used pin number according to DataGenetics is 8068. WTOP says that the best pins
are those which have no special significance. So no birth dates or
anniversaries.
Anything
that is in the public domain can be found by the people who are trying to harm
you.
The
list of the ten most easily stolen ATM pins is a handy thing to have.
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