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  2. List of the most common passwords - Wikipedia

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    Since 2011, the firm has published the list based on data examined from millions of passwords leaked in data breaches, mostly in North America and Western Europe, over each year. In the 2016 edition, the 25 most common passwords made up more than 10% of the surveyed passwords, with the most common password of 2016, "123456", making up 4%. [ 5]

  3. Password cracking - Wikipedia

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    In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of guessing passwords [ 1] protecting a computer system. A common approach ( brute-force attack) is to repeatedly try guesses for the password and to check them against an available cryptographic hash of the password. [ 2] Another type of approach is password spraying ...

  4. List of security hacking incidents - Wikipedia

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    The greatest AOL hack program ever written, Lucifer-X by NailZ, is released. In a matter of days AOL is being used for free by hundreds of thousands of users. A 16-year-old Croatian youth penetrates computers at a U.S. Air Force base in Guam. [43] June: Eligible Receiver 97 tests the American government's readiness against cyberattacks.

  5. 'Roblox' worker sold user data access to a hacker - Engadget

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    Roblox. Hackers don’t necessarily need to break into networks to compromise game companies — sometimes, it’s just about coercing the right people. An anonymous attacker talking to ...

  6. AOL Mail

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    AOL Mail is free and helps keep you safe. From security to personalization, AOL Mail helps manage your digital life Start for free

  7. 5 of the Most Common Ways Hackers Gain Access - Engadget

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    Hackers create a fake wireless access point that may look like free Wi-Fi provided in a café or shopping centre and instead, collects data when the person logs onto the internet through it.

  8. Consensual phishing: How to crack your half-forgotten crypto ...

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    If he's successful, the client pays him. In Ethereum, of course. Sometimes, however, Dougherty cuts a project off after a few months, before finding the proper password, and he and the client go ...

  9. Script kiddie - Wikipedia

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    Script kiddies typically have at least one or more effective and easily downloadable programs capable of breaching computers and networks. [ 2] Script kiddies vandalize websites both for the thrill of it and to increase their reputation among their peers. [ 2] Some more malicious script kiddies have used virus toolkits to create and propagate ...