Change your PIN code now if it’s on this list

Update, May 25, 2025: This story, initially published on May 24, has been updated with information concerning the most secure codes you can use and why 8068 is really not the safest number after all – in fact, you should add it to the most dangerous PIN codes.

Passwords are attacked, it is a fact. Whether from malware of initial access that seeks to open networks for ransomware attacks, the public databases containing hundreds of millions of text identification in the clear fly or threat actors sponsored by the State with espionage in their mind. No one can say that they ignore the dangers of low or reused passwords, but what about your PIN code? Yes, these four figures that are used when unlocking your smartphone and all the precious data to which it provides instant access. OK, so you might say that you use your fingerprint or your face to unlock your Android or iPhone, which is fair enough, except when there has been an update, reset or something that is wrong and you need to use your pin after all. And if there was a list of 50 PIN codes which should in no case be used? Read the rest.

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Do not use these 50 -pin codes

PIN codes are not, let’s face it, the most secure way to restrict access to your precious smartphone. However, they are used to lock your SIM card and the device itself. They underestimate, if you excuse the word game, the biometrics on which you plan to obtain quick and safe access to your iPhone or Android when you are on the go, and that you are required in certain circumstances, whether you have a fingerprint or a facial recognition activated or not. I mean, do the calculation, and you will learn that a four -digit spindle “only” requires the maximum of 10,000 attempts to break it, if you include 0000 and 9999. It is still a lot of discomfort around, of course, and there are much easier ways to break certain pine codes. And that, dear reader, is the place where the list of dangers comes into play.

Regarding advice on the choice of a PIN code for your smartphone, if you want to warn friends and family, even work colleagues, to be able to take a look at your things when you go to the toilet without it, it is best to avoid birthdays and birthdays. This is another data. But what happens if they could have a very good chance of cracking what appears, for you and many others at least, like a random code that has no obvious personal connection?

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An analysis of more than 29 million PIN codes that have proven in the data violation lists discovered that one in ten people used the same four numbers. This analysis has produced a list of the first 50 PIN codes found, and as such, they are those used by most people and therefore those to be avoided. After all, if I can find this list, smartphone thieves too.

Here is the list of 50 PIN 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 sorted the list in digital order to facilitate verification to see if you used a dangerous pin, but here are the first ten by the most used 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 most secure pin codes to use in 2025?

Let’s start by saying that 2025 certainly does not appear on my safest pine codes list because it breaks the golden rule not to be used. If we reduce not only the same four figures, which the dangerous list turned out to be a great non-no, but also to repeat all the figures, at least with regard to a four-digit pine code, and more on this subject in a moment, then the choices are starting to shrink somewhat. The number of permutations where the figures are not repeated in the code itself is 5040 if Professor Google and a calculator did not drop me. This allows different codes 0123 and 0321, because no figure is repeated in each separate pin. This has already halved the number of available codes, including Choosing, a good start. In 2012, a study of stolen identification information determined that the least popular, and therefore by definition the surest, the PIN code was 8068. To date, I saw this always quoted as a fact, or at least as a statistical fact, but, of course, carrying my hats of pirate, I can tell you that it is very false. As soon as 8068 was appointed online, he became anything but sure. As soon as you can google which is the safest pin code and the return 8068, it has become a very low number instead. The same goes for the other numbers noted in the study, 6835, 7637, 8093 and 9629.

So, what are the most secure pin codes to use in 2025? It is always the best random, unless you choose from a very small basic swimming pool to start, as is the case with four -digit spindle numbers. The answer to the question is therefore to increase the swimming pool and increase the chances in your favor. To do this, simply stop using completely four -digit and start using eight digits, or better still, ten or more digits. To do this, opt to use a password instead of a pin number to lock your phone, and simply use numbers instead of characters. You can then have a custom pine code which is both much more difficult to guess or crack, while remaining quite easy to remember. My smartphones are protected by ten -digit pins, just using this method and I never looked back.

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