Olympic-themed passwords put people at risk

2021-08-03 13:56

Beyond using "Tokyo" and "Olympics" as their passwords, people have been turning to names of athletes, such as "Kenny," "Williams," and "Asher," says NordPass.

A report released Tuesday by password manager NordPass looks at the most popular and weak Olympic-themed passwords floating in cyberspace.

The latest research from NordPass shows that people are creating passwords based on Olympic events and athletes despite warnings from cybersecurity experts not to use simple or weak passwords.

"While it's amazing to support your favorite sport or athlete, it's not advisable to take that support to your passwords as it really compromises your security. In fact, even if you don't support, let's say, Kylie Masse, but have the same last name as her, don't use that as your password, as 261,997 people already have."

"Earlier this year, NordPass reported that such passwords as"corona," "lockdown," and other words or phrases that have defined our lives in the past year are also used as passwords quite often," Hammond added.

Try using a password generator to create passwords that are difficult or impossible to guess.

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