Change the PIN code now if it is on this list

Update, May 25, 2025: This story, originally published on May 24, has been informed with information about the safest codes you can use and why 8068 is not the safest number – in fact, you should add it to the list of the most dangerous PIN codes.

Passwords are under attack, this is a given. Whether it is the original malicious access software that wants to open networks for ransomware attacks, public databases containing hundreds of millions of stolen plaque credentials, or with state threats that spy on their minds. No one can say that they do not know the dangers of weak or reused passwords, but what about your PIN? Yes, these four digits used when releasing your smartphone and all valuable data that provide instant access. Okay, so you can argue that you are using your fingerprint or face to unlock your Android or iPhone, which is fair enough, in addition to updating, resetting or something that goes wrong and have to resort to your PIN after all. What if there was a list of 50 pins codes that should, in no way, be used? Read below.

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Do not use these 50 -pounds codes

PIN codes are not, let’s admit it, the safest means to limit access to your valuable smartphone. However, they are used to lock the SIM card and the device itself. They emphasize, if you justify the word, the biometric elements you are based on to obtain quick and safe access to your iPhone or Android when you are out and required and required under certain conditions, if you have a fingerprint or face recognition or not. I mean, do mathematics and you will find out that a four -digit “only” requires 10,000 attempts to the maximum to break it if you include 0000 and 9999. And that, dear reader, is where the risk list comes.

When it comes to tips on choosing a PIN code for your smartphone, if you want to prevent friends and family, and even work colleagues, be able to take a quick look at your things when you show the toilet without it, it is best to avoid birthdays and anniversaries. This is another given. But what if they could have a very good chance of breaking what appears to you and many others, at least, like a random code that has no obvious personal connection?

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A analysis Of more than 29 million PIN codes that appeared on data breach lists, they discovered that one in ten people used the same four numbers. This analysis produced a list of the top 50 PIN codes found, and therefore, they are the ones used by most people and so those who need to be avoided. After all, if I can find this list, so the smartphone thieves can be stolen.

Here is the list of 50 pins codes that you should never use.

1. 0000
2. 1010
3. 1111
4. 1122
5. 1212
6. 1234
7. 1313
8. 1342
9. 1973
10. 1974
11. 1975
12. 1976
13. 1977
14. 1978
15. 1979
16. 1980
17. 1981
18. 1982
19. 1983
20. 1984
21. 1985
22. 1986
23. 1987
24. 1988
25. 1989
26. 1990
27. 1991
28. 1992
29. 1993
30. 1994
31. 1995
32. 1996
33. 1998
34. 2000
35. 2002
36. 2004
37. 2005
38. 2020
39. 2222
40. 2468
41. 2580
42. 3333
43. 4321
44. 4444
45. 5555
46. 6666
47. 6969
48. 7777
49. 8888
50. 9999

I have sorted the list into a numerical order to facilitate control to see if you were using a dangerous pin, but here are the top ten with the most code numbers:

1. 1234
2. 1111
3. 0000
4. 1342
5. 1212
6. 2222
7. 4444
8. 1122
9. 1986
10. 2020

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What are the safest PIN codes to be used in 2025?

Let’s start by saying that 2025 is definitely not on the list of safer PIN codes, as DONT breaks you are using a golden date rule. If we not only use the use of the same four digits, which the dangerous list has been shown to be a large not-not, but also repeating the digits not at all, at least when it comes to a four-digit PIN and more at a time, then the options begin to limit. The number of changes where the digits are not repeated within the code itself is 5040 if the Google teacher and a computer do not disappoint me. This allows for different codes 0123 and 0321, as the digits are not repeated in each separate pin. This already has everything except the number of codes available to choose from, a good start. Back in 2012, a study of the stolen credentials found that the least popular, and so by definition the safer, PIN code was 8068. On the same day I have seen that it is still referred to as an event or at least as a statistical event, but of course wearing my hat I can tell you that is really wrong. Only 8068 was named online, it became anything but safe. Once you could google who is the safest PIN code and return to 8068, it became a very weak number. The same applies to the other numbers noted in the study, 6835, 7637, 8093 and 9629.

So what are the safest PIN codes to be used in 2025? Random is always better unless you choose from a very small base pool to start, as with the four -digit PIN numbers. Therefore, the answer to the question is to increase the pool and increase your chances for you. To do this, just stop using four -digit pins completely and start using eight digits, or better yet, ten digits or more. To do this, choose to use a password instead of a PIN number to lock your phone and simply use numbers instead of characters. Then you can have a custom PIN code that is so much harder to guess or break, while remaining quite easy to remember. My smartphones are protected from ten digits of pins using only this method and I have never looked back.

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