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Leaked 4 digit PINs graphed

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Umm... There is one glaring flaw here:

3.4 million data points visualized from several data breaches.

We are only looking at the pin codes of people whose data has been compromised.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 23 hours ago

They were leaked, not guessed.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 23 hours ago

Generally these breaches happen on the service side rather than the user side. These likely include users even with secure and insecure alike.