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Weak Passwords

A recent hack of RockYou.com made 32 million user passwords available to the public. A security firm analyzed the passwords and found that for the most part, they are easy to guess. About a third of the passwords are less than 6 characters, and half use common words that could be easily hacked using a [...]

¶ Posted 23 January 2010 † Ken Baldauf § Info Security ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

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