{"type":"document","data":{"id":"34b2e6bf-f7cb-4a07-9026-a6439910a7ec","localeString":"en-GB","publishDate":"2023-02-15T09:39:40.479+01:00","contentType":"onecms:editorialPage","hasMacro":false,"flexPageMetadata":{"afmBanner":false,"robotInstruction":{"noIndex":false,"noFollow":false},"description":"Is your bank account at risk due to a weak password? Read our advice on creating passwords to protect yourself online."},"mainHeaderZone":{"componentType":"editorialHeader","coreHeader":{"title":"3 tips for creating strong passwords","subtitle":"Online fraud and the hacking of online bank accounts, email and social media is a concern for all of us. Follow our three tips for creating the strongest passwords possible to ensure your online protection."},"backLink":{"textLink":{"url":"/en/individuals/fraud-and-security/online-security","text":"Online security"}},"date":"2020-12-27","readingTime":5},"flexZone":{"flexComponents":[{"componentType":"sectionTitle","title":"Choose a sentence that is easy to remember and make it more complicated"},{"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"<ul><li><strong>Choose a sentence that you can easily remember.</strong><br />Make sure it is not directly linked to your personal or professional life.<br /><strong>Example:</strong> My son was born in the winter.</li><li><strong>Now make it more complicated:</strong><ul><li>Use hyphens, quotation marks, capital letters and other special characters.</li><li>Use at least 8 characters.</li><li>Do not replace the &quot;a&quot; by &quot;@&quot; or the &quot;o&quot; by &quot;0&quot; (zero). That is too obvious.</li><li>Feel free to make spelling mistakes. This is one case in which it is advisable.<ul><li>Example: MYsun(was)born-in-the-winter!</li><li>Use your creativity to create <strong>more than 1 password:</strong><br /><strong>Example:</strong> My-son-was-born/INTHEWINTER!<br />mySUN-was(born)INthewinter!</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>"}},{"componentType":"sectionTitle","title":"Create a different password for each platform"},{"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"<p>Ideally you should create a different password for each website and different ones for work and private use.</p><ul><li>You can either create something completely different for each website.</li><li>Or add a different suffix that refers to the platform you are on.<br />A few examples:<ul><li>Facebook: MsRchbo25M!4FbK</li><li>Twitter: MsRchbo25M!(TwT)</li><li>Gmail: GMA!L=MsRchbo25M!</li><li>YouTube: MsRchbo25M!@UtuBe</li><li>Note: avoid_TWT, _FB and _GMAIL. Those are too easy to crack!</li></ul></li></ul>"}},{"componentType":"sectionTitle","title":"Test how secure your password is"},{"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"<p> Use this <a href=\"https://pwdtest.bee-secure.lu/?lang=en\">website</a> to test the strength of your password.</p>"}},{"componentType":"highlight","title":"Final words of advice","richBody":{"value":"<ul><li>Never write your passwords down.</li><li>Change your password regularly (3 to 4 times per year, or even more often if you want to be better protected)</li><li>Create a totally different password each time. If you are worried about not remembering a different password every time you change it, change your current password by just one letter (&apos;b&apos; in the place of an &apos;a&apos;) or number each time.</li><li>A secure password is a password that is easy for you to remember but that nobody else can guess based on your life (first name, surname, age, birthplace, children, hobbies, etc.).</li></ul>"}}]},"complementaryZone":{"flexComponents":[{"componentType":"sectionTitle","title":"Also interesting!"},{"componentType":"cards","cards":[{"componentType":"articleCard","cardType":"article","cardSize":"medium","title":"MiFID, financial Information and investment profiles","body":"Invest yourself. Check the regulations.","image":{"transformBaseUrl":"https://assets.ing.com/transform/214c3e4f-7f3f-4a2c-bf09-48ccf95d9c44/mifid-and-financial-information-brochures-1920","type":"image","width":1920,"original":"https://assets.ing.com/m/2bb8c1b3ca490b9d/original/mifid-and-financial-information-brochures-1920.jpg","extension":"jpg"},"date":"2022-09-27","link":{"url":"/en/individuals/investing/mifid-ii-investmentprofiles"}},{"componentType":"productCard","cardType":"product","cardSize":"small","title":"Invest yourself","intro":"Invest online independently and securely","image":{"transformBaseUrl":"https://assets.ing.com/transform/da433482-8fbd-40d6-b432-faaeb6e858c1/portrait-of-senior-man-using-mobile-phone-while-sitting-at-table","type":"image","width":5700,"original":"https://assets.ing.com/m/2ab3a7c7706acdfd/original/portrait-of-senior-man-using-mobile-phone-while-sitting-at-table.jpg","extension":"jpg"},"link":{"url":"/en/individuals/investing/ing-self-invest"}}]}]}}}