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Can your password resist hackers?

2021-01-20T19:04:39.102Z


INFOGRAPHIC - Over 70% of "popular" passwords, chosen to be easily remembered, can be cracked in less than a second.


For some, it has become a game. For others, it is still an ordeal ... In the digital age, we are invited to create new words every day - and often in a hurry. passwords that are robust enough to confuse hackers and at the same time simple enough to be easily remembered.

And this little brain challenge can sometimes turn into a puzzle.

This is why many of us are opting for false good solutions, which may at the time seem ingenious to us, but which are in fact as commonplace as they are risky.

A series of figures, children's first names, dates of birth or favorite sports ... Nothing could be easier to crack for pirates, who, for their part, lack neither imagination nor digital weapons to interfere in our private lives .

Less than a second

Thus, according to a study by the company NordPass, specializing in computer security, 70% of passwords analyzed in 2019 could be hacked in less than a second.

And this

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Source: lefigaro

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