A fifth of passwords used by federal agency cracked in security audit

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinJan 10, 2023, 8:43 pm139 pts
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) More than a fifth of the passwords protecting network accounts at the US Department of the Interior—including Password1234, Password1234!, and ChangeItN0w!—were weak enough to be cracked using standard methods, a recently published security audit of the agency found. The audit…

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