Password fail: Are you guilty of using bad passwords?


A lot of people are guilty of using ‘password’ as the password. — 123rf.com

Even as the decade comes to a close, cybersecurity experts say that people have yet to upgrade their understanding about passwords, and continue to use bad ones.

According to password management firm NordPass, “123456” has been the most commonly used password in 2020!

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