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Here’s how long it takes a hacker to figure out your passwords — and the safest to use

Here’s how long it takes a hacker to figure out your passwords — and the safest to use The Hive Systems Password Table shows how long it takes for a hacker to guess your password.© ...
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Want To Put An End To Passwords? Here's How To Get There

Tired of forgetting your passwords? You’re not alone, and the solution might finally be in sight. For years, juggling online passwords has felt like a never-ending ...
Wired

A Popular Password Hashing Algorithm Starts Its Long Goodbye

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TechSpot

GeForce RTX 5090 cracks passwords up to twice as fast as the RTX 4090

Cracking the Codes: A new Hive Systems Password Table update highlights a growing concern: modern GPUs can crack hashed passwords faster than ever. As hardware improves, short or simple credentials ...
Ars Technica

Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext

Officials in Ireland have fined Meta $101 million for storing hundreds of millions of user passwords in plaintext and making them broadly available to company employees. Meta disclosed the lapse in ...