have a credit card It has many benefits, but it also implies responsibilities, since you have to be very careful when using it to avoid being a victim of fraud.
One of the factors that you should take care of the most when having a credit card is the Personal Identification Number (PIN). Next, we tell you which are the 10 most insecure PINs and susceptible to being guessed or being scammed.
According to various media reports, Nick Berry, a Facebook data scientist, launched a study about the most insecure PINs that people use on their credit cards and revealed them with the intention of getting users to stop using them and thus be able to protect your accounts in a better way.
The research was carried out after analyzing 3.4 million four-digit PIN passwords and discovering that 11% of the time users used the same combination: 1234.
These are the most insecure PINs:
- 1234
- 1111
- 0000
- 1217
- 7777
- 1004
- 2000
- 4444
- 222?
- 6969
Other keys considered vulnerable are: 9999, 3333, 5555, 6666, 1122, 1313, 8888, 4321, 2001 and 1010. If you use any of them on your cards, it is recommended to change them.
Among the tips to create a PIN is not to use the year of your birth, wedding or the birthday of one of your children, because criminals can guess it very easily.
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