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Lionel Messi, World Champion of Compromised Passwords

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Expert tip: Don't use Messi for your passwords. Just weeks before the 2026 World Cup, the cybersecurity firm Specops published a groundbreaking study combining football and IT security. Based on the analysis of over 6.4 billion compromised passwords, it reveals that Lionel Messi is the most frequently used player name in hacked logins, with 1.22 million occurrences. His eternal rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, comes in sixth place with 923,000 occurren…

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Lionel Messi, World Champion of Compromised Passwords

Expert tip: Don't use Messi for your passwords. Just weeks before the 2026 World Cup, the cybersecurity firm Specops published a groundbreaking study combining football and IT security. Based on the analysis of over 6.4 billion compromised passwords, it reveals that Lionel Messi is the most frequently used player name in hacked logins, with 1.22 million occurrences. His eternal rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, comes in sixth place with 923,000 occurren…

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20 Minutes broke the news in Paris, France on Friday, May 29, 2026.
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