Paws for thought: Cybersecurity warning over pet-based passwords

Too many people are making it easy for hackers to guess their passwords by using their pet's name, according to new cybersecurity research. — dpa

Cybersecurity experts are urging people to create harder-to-crack passwords after new research found 15% of people in Britain use their pet's name as a log-in.

The UK government's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) argues that such passwords can make it easier for hackers to force their way into people's accounts by simply guessing common pet names.