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"Password" most widely used password in India, "bigbasket" fourth: Report

"Bigbasket" has been used by over 75,000 users in India as their password, and it would take about 5 minutes for hackers to crack it, a report by NordPass showed

Password, digital security
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Raghav Aggarwal New Delhi
"Password" continues to be the most widely used password in India, a new report showed. It is used by nearly 3.5 million users in the country, and it would take less than one second for hackers to hack it. It is followed by "123456", which can also be cracked within one second.

The fourth most widely used password in India is the name of a start-up, the report released by NordPass showed. "Bigbasket" has been used by over 75,000 users in India as their password. It would, however, take about 5 minutes to crack it. The third most widely used

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