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Passwords are still the weakest link in an organization’s network, as proven by the analysis of over 800 million breached passwords, according to Specops Software.
The study found 88% of passwords used in successful attacks consisted of 12 characters or less, with the most common being 8 characters (24%).
The most common base terms used in passwords were: ‘password’, ‘admin’, ‘welcome’ and ‘p@ssw0rd’.
Passwords containing only lowercase letters were the most common character combination found, making up 18.82% of passwords used in attacks.
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