Revealed: The most and least common four-digit PIN numbers – so, is yours on the list? [Video]

11:17 EDT 15 May 2024, updated 11:21 EDT 15 May 2024

With thousands of people falling prey to scams and cyber attacks every year, you may think that people would be a little more careful about their passwords and PIN numbers.

However, an analysis of leaked databases from Information is Beautiful shows that people are still using common PIN numbers to protect their vital information. 

Shockingly, ‘1234’ is still the most common PIN – making up almost 11 per cent of those analysed.

This is followed by ‘1111’, ‘0000’, ‘1212’ and ‘7777’. 

Jake Moore, global cybersecurity advisor at ESET, told MailOnline: ‘By using simple or easy to guess passcodes it enables attackers to target people more easily’.