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A combination of a common Internet scam, weak passwords and a since-fixed vulnerability in Apple’s photo backup service could be to blame.

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Lots of people are putting themselves, as well as others, at risk by using weak passwords like their phone number, a loved one’s name, date of birth, “password”, “123456” or “qwerty”.

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New research conducted by SplashData revealed that “password” isn’t the dumbest password choice around anymore, as it has been replaced by “123456,” for the past year. However, “password” fell only one position compared with 2012, basically switching places with “123456.” The list of weak passwords includes various other obvious combinations such as “qwerty,” “iloveyou,” “1234,” […]

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