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Don’t use β€˜admin’: UK’s top 20 most-used passwords revealed as scams soar

7 December 2025 at 02:00

Easy-to-guess words and figures still dominate, alarming cysbersecurity experts and delighting hackers

It is a hacker’s dream. Even in the face of repeated warnings to protect online accounts, a new study reveals that β€œadmin” is the most commonly used password in the UK.

The second most popular, β€œ123456”, is also unlikely to keep hackers at bay.

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