'The findings are sobering': Experts warn nearly half of the world's passwords can easily be cracked in…
- Kaspersky researchers have found most passwords can be cracked in less than a minute
- The researchers used a GPU to crack real worlds passwords from the dark web
- Most passwords can be cracked in less than an hour
Using real-world samples recovered from the dark web, Kaspersky researchers have tested how long it would take to crack most passwords, and found that almost half of the world's passwords can be cracked in less than a minute.
Additionally, the research shows that within an hour, that number rises to three out of five passwords.
Armed with this knowledge, the researchers then explored what differentiates a strong password from a weak one.
Cracked in less than a minute
Kaspersky research team gathered a dataset of 231 million unique passwords leaked on the dark web between 2023 and 2026, and using a single RTX 5090 GPU, proceeded to see how long it would...
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