Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, May 20, 2025: This story, originally published May 19, ...

Just how secure is your PIN number? According to a study by the data security blog Data Genetics, much more vulnerable than you might think. Checking PIN passwords from databases that were released by ...

Nowadays, most people engage in digital transactions daily, buying items online, making electronic payments and using money transfer apps. The ease of these quick transactions also puts financial ...

Update, May 26, 2025: This story, originally published May 24, has been updated with a brief history of PIN codes, information regarding the most secure codes you can use and why 8068 really isn’t the ...

Tech consultancy company DataGenetics has analyzed the popularity of numeric passwords. What they found confirms previous research that most of our four-digit PINs (e.g., for credit and debit cards) ...

Researchers find that a smart bad guy has a one-in-10 chance of guessing the PIN that guards your bank account. I’ve always thought that losing one’s ATM card was an inconvenience, but not a likely ...

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Many British consumers believe the PIN number will no longer exist in five years as the adoption of mobile payments increases, new research claims. A survey by financial services provider Intelligent ...