Think Your PIN Is Safe? You Might Want To Check Again

Any time you get a new credit card or a debit card it’s important to pick a pin number for the card. That’s not only easy to remember for you, but it wouldn’t be so easy for someone to hack into your card and gain access to it.

It’s normally why you would pick a code that only you would remember, or have a connection with, and try not to make it too easy, just in case your card ended up missing and someone would try to take advantage of it. But, surprisingly enough, according to abc.net, there are people out there in Michigan who use some of the most common number combinations for their PIN number.

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In fact, they say that 1234 is the most popular choice for a PIN number by a huge margin that they say accounts for nearly one and 10 of the millions of PIN numbers they analyzed in a recent study of the most common PIN numbers.

It’s like you learned absolutely nothing from the Mel Brooks film Spaceballs.

Here’s an explanation of the study that they performed:

Whether it’s to unlock your smartphone, access your online banking or get cash out of the ATM, a four-digit PIN is often there to keep your secrets and your money safe. It’s an important little code, but not all choices are equally secure. That’s why we analysed 29 million of them from Have I Been Pwned? – an Australian-run site that helps people all over the world find out if they’ve been affected by data breaches.

Below, you can find 50 of the most hacked PIN numbers, which may encourage you to change yours if you share a listed PIN number.