![]() For system administrators, there can be no settlement for weak passwords as unauthorized access can potentially lead to catastrophic consequences such as loss of valuable data. This is why one of the most common ways that hackers can break into computers and their accounts is by guessing their passwords. This perhaps explains why the five most common passwords around the world, according to OWASP’s SecLists project, are weak passwords such as ‘123456’, ‘Password’, ‘12345678’, ‘qwerty’, and ‘123456789’. In a study done by Google in 2019, 75 percent of Americans were said to get frustrated trying to keep track of their passwords. Users feel that they can get away with leaving a weak password oftentimes because they have trouble keeping track of them. A weak password can be as simple as having a password equal to a username, a blank password, or combination passwords such as ‘qwerty’. ![]()
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