Update, May 26, 2025: This story, originally published May 24, has been updated with a brief history of PIN codes, information regarding the most secure codes you can use and why 8068 really isn’t the ...

If you use a four-digit PIN number, your personal code may not be as secure as you think. PIN codes are commonly used to unlock iPhone or Android devices, access online banking, get cash out of an ATM ...

Certain PIN codes are blacklisted on iOS. For example, iOS recommends you don't use 0000 or 0011, but doesn't have a problem with 0001 or 1001. But what combination of numbers are blacklisted, and ...

This robot, built out of LEGO bricks and a Raspberry Pi, brute-forced an iPhone for PIN codes. Security researchers from the Ruhr University Bochum, Max Planck ...