Thursday, January 21, 2010

Is your password "abc123"? Prepare to be hacked.

"One out of 5 users leave the digital equivalent of a key under the doormat: they choose a simple, easily guessed password like “abc123,” “iloveyou” or even “password” to protect their data."

LISNews Librarian And Information Science News password security

1 comment:

  1. Interesting link. My thought is that these easy to guess passwords are usually used when they are not protecting personal information but are being used to stop spam. I wonder want this is like here at MUSC. I know Chris Dufala just did a "Protecting Yourself in the Digital Age" workshop. If security is a big issues to the LTCs I suggest you contact him.

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