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How celebrities’ nude photos get leaked

02

Sep

2014

A combination of a common Internet scam, weak passwords and a since-fixed vulnerability in Apple’s photo backup service could be to blame.

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Hackers use terrible passwords too

11

Jun

2014

Lots of people are putting themselves, as well as others, at risk by using weak passwords like their phone number, a loved one’s name, date of birth, “password”, “123456” or “qwerty”.

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‘Password’ is no longer the dumbest password of the year

20

Jan

2014

New research conducted by SplashData revealed that “password” isn’t the dumbest password choice around anymore, as it has been replaced by “123456,” for the past year. However, “password” fell only one position compared with 2012, basically switching places with “123456.” The list of weak passwords includes various other obvious combinations such as “qwerty,” “iloveyou,” “1234,” […]

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