{"id":60361,"date":"2012-09-25T10:02:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T08:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=60361"},"modified":"2012-09-25T14:51:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T12:51:53","slug":"most-common-pins-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/60361-most-common-pins-revealed.html","title":{"rendered":"Most common PINs revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many people use 4-digit PIN codes for their bank cards, security systems or mobile phones. 4 numbers are easy to remember, quick to input and with 10,000 possible combinations, a brute force attack in the physical world will take a fair amount of time.<\/p>\n<p>However, if a hacker only has three chances to input a PIN, his chance of getting it right is over 18%.\u00a0 This may not make mathematical sense (the chance is 3\/10,000), but human nature means that not all PIN combinations are equal.<\/p>\n<p>New research from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datagenetics.com\/blog\/september32012\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Data Genetics<\/strong><\/a>, which analyzed 3.4 million four digit passwords, showed that the three most popular PINs accounted for 18.6% of all PINs.<\/p>\n<p>Data Genetics showed that the most popular PIN was 1234 \u2013 used by 10.7% of all people.\u00a0 The second most popular 4 digit password was 1111 (used by 6% of people) with 0000 third at 1.9%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA staggering 26.83% of all passwords could be guessed by attempting these 20 combinations,\u201d Data Genetics highlighted.<\/p>\n<p>The following table provides an overview of the most popular 4 digit PIN combinations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Most popular PINs<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Popularity rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>PIN<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Frequency<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#1<\/td>\n<td>1234<\/td>\n<td>10.713%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#2<\/td>\n<td>1111<\/td>\n<td>6.016%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#3<\/td>\n<td>0000<\/td>\n<td>1.881%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#4<\/td>\n<td>1212<\/td>\n<td>1.197%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#5<\/td>\n<td>7777<\/td>\n<td>0.745%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#6<\/td>\n<td>1004<\/td>\n<td>0.616%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#7<\/td>\n<td>2000<\/td>\n<td>0.613%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#8<\/td>\n<td>4444<\/td>\n<td>0.526%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9<\/td>\n<td>2222<\/td>\n<td>0.516%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#10<\/td>\n<td>6969<\/td>\n<td>0.512%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#11<\/td>\n<td>9999<\/td>\n<td>0.451%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#12<\/td>\n<td>3333<\/td>\n<td>0.419%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#13<\/td>\n<td>5555<\/td>\n<td>0.395%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#14<\/td>\n<td>6666<\/td>\n<td>0.391%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#15<\/td>\n<td>1122<\/td>\n<td>0.366%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#16<\/td>\n<td>1313<\/td>\n<td>0.304%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#17<\/td>\n<td>8888<\/td>\n<td>0.303%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#18<\/td>\n<td>4321<\/td>\n<td>0.293%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#19<\/td>\n<td>2001<\/td>\n<td>0.290%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#20<\/td>\n<td>1010<\/td>\n<td>0.285%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>Data Genetics also published the least popular PIN combinations.\u00a0 The least used combination was 8068, followed by 8093 and 9629.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Least popular PINs<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Popularity rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>PIN<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Frequency<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9980<\/td>\n<td>8557<\/td>\n<td>0.001191%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9981<\/td>\n<td>9047<\/td>\n<td>0.001161%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9982<\/td>\n<td>8438<\/td>\n<td>0.001161%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9983<\/td>\n<td>0439<\/td>\n<td>0.001161%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9984<\/td>\n<td>9539<\/td>\n<td>0.001161%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9985<\/td>\n<td>8196<\/td>\n<td>0.001131%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9986<\/td>\n<td>7063<\/td>\n<td>0.001131%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9987<\/td>\n<td>6093<\/td>\n<td>0.001131%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9988<\/td>\n<td>6827<\/td>\n<td>0.001101%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9989<\/td>\n<td>7394<\/td>\n<td>0.001101%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9990<\/td>\n<td>0859<\/td>\n<td>0.001072%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9991<\/td>\n<td>8957<\/td>\n<td>0.001042%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9992<\/td>\n<td>9480<\/td>\n<td>0.001042%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9993<\/td>\n<td>6793<\/td>\n<td>0.001012%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9994<\/td>\n<td>8398<\/td>\n<td>0.000982%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9995<\/td>\n<td>0738<\/td>\n<td>0.000982%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9996<\/td>\n<td>7637<\/td>\n<td>0.000953%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9997<\/td>\n<td>6835<\/td>\n<td>0.000953%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9998<\/td>\n<td>9629<\/td>\n<td>0.000953%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#9999<\/td>\n<td>8093<\/td>\n<td>0.000893%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#10000<\/td>\n<td>8068<\/td>\n<td>0.000744%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMany of the high frequency PINs can be interpreted as years, e.g.\u00a0 1967, 1956, 1937. It appears that many people use a year of birth (or possibly an anniversary) as their PIN. This will certainly help them remember their code, but it greatly increases its predictability,\u201d Data Genetics said.<\/p>\n<p>Data Genetics urged consumers who used some of the most common PIN combinations to \u201capply common sense and immediately change them to something a little less predictable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Most common passwords\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/general\/9912-most-common-passwords.html\">Most common passwords<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Most common SSH passwords revealed\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/general\/15215-most-common-ssh-passwords-revealed.html\"><strong>Most common SSH passwords revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Intel wants to ditch passwords\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/general\/59863-intel-wants-to-ditch-passwords.html\"><strong>Intel wants to ditch passwords<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Emma Watson becomes bait for malware attacks\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/59527-emma-watson-becomes-bait-for-malware-attacks.html\"><strong>Emma Watson becomes bait for malware attacks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/59515-godaddy-web-hosting-service-hacked.html\" target=\"_blank\">Go Daddy web hosting service hacked<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your PIN one of the easiest to predict? 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