Top 50 Most Hackable Pin Numbers In New York

In the "before times," we had to worry about our wallets getting picked or purses getting snatched. But now, we need to worry about cyber criminals and digital scammers. There are pros and cons to having our money as digital currency versus cash. One of the cons is that instead of having to come in physical contact with us, our car, or our property to steal our money, criminals nowadays can simply hack or scam their way into our accounts.

Most of us try to create passwords that are easy for us to remember, right? I mean, as adults, we have so many things going on, who wants to get locked out of their own accounts because they cannot remember their password? But with easy-to-remember passwords comes hackability.

Is Your Pin Number One Of The Most Hackable?

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ABC analyzed data from a company named Have I Been Pwned? to determine the pin numbers that are the easiest to hack. If you see your pin number among the top 50, especially in the top 10, you may want to consider changing is ASAP. We use PINs for our debit cards, as well as for online accounts, our cell phones, and many other things that we absolutely don't want criminals to access.

As you'll notice below, many of the most popular pins have repeating number sequences or are years of birth.

50 Pins That Are Easily Hacked

1. 1234
2. 1111
3. 0000
4. 1342
5. 1212
6. 2222
7. 4444
8. 1122
9. 1986
10. 2020
11. 7777
12. 5555
13. 1989
14. 9999
15. 6969
16. 2004
17. 1010
18. 4321
19. 6666
20. 1984
21. 1987
22. 1985
23. 8888
24. 2000
25. 1980

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26. 1988
27. 1982
28. 2580
29. 1313
30. 1990
31. 1991
32. 1983
33. 1978
34. 1979
35. 1995
36. 1994
37. 1977
38. 1981
39. 3333
40. 1992
41. 1975
42. 2005
43. 1993
44. 1976
45. 1996
46. 2002
47. 1973
48. 2468
49. 1998
50. 1974