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September 24, 2012 10:50 pm GMT

The 20 Worst PINs: Is Your ATM Code This Easy to Crack?


Remember that list of the most frequently-used passwords? Did you have a good chuckle at the fact that "password", "123456" and "qwerty" were at the top? You, of course, would never use something so foolish.

But there's another passcode in your pocket, one with just four digits. It can probably unlock a whole lot more of your wealth than your computer. And it may be a lot easier for a thief to guess at it.

According to one analysis, nearly 27% of us use the top 20 most common PIN numbers on our ATM cards.

Nick Berry, a former rocket scientist and the president of Data Genetics, examined 3.4 million PINs and revealed his results in a blog post. No doubt you can guess the most c…
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