Thursday 18 February 2016

Weak Passwords Give Hackers The Key To Your Data

Necessary to our cyber health but the bane of our electronic existence, passwords! No sooner than you have one you really like and feel secure, the computer is tell you it’s time to change again.

“There is scientific evidence that if we are annoyed about changing our password, we will create a password that’s easier for a hacker to guess,” says CMU Cylab security expert Dr. Lujo Bauer.

That’s why “you find lots of passwords like ‘password,’ ‘password 123,’ and ‘princess 12345678.’”

During a recent sampling of users, people told KDKA they use everything from family and pet names to celebrities and old phone numbers as passwords. For the full article click here 



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