Top Passwords Hackers Love in North Dakota — Is Yours on the List?

Everything is password protected these days, and for a good reason. There are so many scammers and hackers out there, you can never be too careful.

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While we know we need passwords for pretty much everything now, many of us struggle to remember all of our passwords. Because of that, we try to make them easy to remember.

Unfortunately, in most cases, the passwords that are easy to remember tend to also be easy to guess.

According to CNBC, the password management tool NordPress, several passwords North Dakotans and people all over the country are using can be cracked in less than 17 seconds. You might be using some of these passwords.

Take a look!

Most Common Passwords

123456

admin

12345678

123456789

1234

12345

password

123

Aa123456

1234567890

UNKNOWN

1234567

123123

111111

12345678910

000000

admin123

********

user

Time to Change it up!

If you have any of those passwords, it's time to get a little more creative. The source says that over the past few years, these passwords are the most overused, and if you continue to use them, you will likely get hacked.

The source also said that other very popular passwords are a person's favorite sports team, followed by 123, and a person's name followed by 123.

To make it easier on yourself, a lot of times, when you're creating a password on your phone, it will ask you if you want it to create a strong password for you and store it in your password manager, so you can look it up if you need to later. Give that a try, it will make your life easier.