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Old Aug 7, 2017 | 10:36 am
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
I wonder whether PINS such as 1234, 6969, or 6666 are more likely to be hacked. It's also probably not a good idea to have your birthday as your PIN.
There are no PINS such as 1234, 1111, 4321, 5555, 6789 etc etc at IHG anymore

IHG 12months ago, revoked/locked accounts of all IHG [MENTION=215904]Rewards[/MENTION] members with the simple insecure passwords. Members had to then do a password reset and choose a new password, non-repeating numbers, non-ascending/descending number strings etc

nb
(remember IHG store passwords unencrypted in plain text which is why IHG can email the exact password, rather than a reset pass link)
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