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Antichat hacker forum data breach reveals weak passwords are endemic


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A rising volume of research has suggested of late that internet users make frequent re-use of passwords, as well as using relatively weak passwords that are easy to brute force hack. Now a security researcher claims his research suggests that - irony of ironies - hackers are equally slovenly when it comes to their own passphrases.

Antichat hacker forum data breach reveals weak passwords are endemic
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/antichat-hacker-forum-data-breach-reveals-weak/
A rising volume of research has suggested of late that internet users make frequent re-use of passwords, as well as using relatively weak passwords that are easy to brute force hack. Now a security researcher claims his research suggests that - irony of ironies - hackers are equally slovenly when it comes to their own passphrases.
Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:00:00 GMT
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/antichat-hacker-forum-data-breach-reveals-weak/

Source: InfosecMagazine
Source Link: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/antichat-hacker-forum-data-breach-reveals-weak/


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