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If You Use Any Of These Pop Culture Passwords, You're At Risk Of Getting Hacked
When you've got about a million online accounts to manage, it can be tempting to use the most simple, easy-to-remember passwords you can think of β but if any of your passwords are related to your favorite actor or musician, you might want to consider coming up with something a little harder to crack.
To find out which pop culture-inspired passwords are most vulnerable to being hacked, Mailsuite compiled a seed list of over 2,612 pop culture terms β from actors and bands to video games and media franchises β and cross-referenced them against the Pwned Passwords database to see how many times each password has appeared in a known data breach.
The riskiest pop culture password overall is Superman, which has appeared in data breaches 584,697 times.
With 286,263 data breach appearances, Eminem is the most dangerous musician password to use.
When it comes to actors, Zac Efron has had the most data breach appearances (24,268).
If you must use a video game-inspired password, avoid "Minecraft," which has appeared in breaches 215,934 times.
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Via Mailsuite.