AI's Rapid Password Cracking Abilities
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An AI-driven tool called PassGAN, developed by cybersecurity firm Home Security Heroes, was able to crack 51% of common passwords in under a minute and 65% in under an hour. The tool was fed over 15 million passwords from the 2009 RockYou breach, and passwords with low character count and little character variation were cracked instantly. Home Security Heroes recommends using passwords at least 15 characters in length, with a mix of at least two letters (upper and lower case), numbers, and symbols in the string, and not following any obvious or predictable password patterns.
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