Security News > 2020 > June > Most of the world's most popular passwords can be cracked in under a second
2020-06-17 19:35
Just how vulnerable are you if you do use weak or popular passwords? New research from password manager Nordpass shows just how quickly a hacker can crack a popular password.
Around 70% of the world's most popular passwords can be cracked in less than a second, according to Nordpass.
The passwords to which the company is referring are 9 of the 10 most popular passwords used in 2019.
Most websites, at least secure ones, don't store your passwords in plain text; rather your passwords are saved using some type of encryption algorithm.
To crack your password, hackers might first use a brute-force attack tool to run through all the popular and common passwords.