A report, relayed by France Num, shows that hackers take less and less time to hack a password.
Do you know the most common password in France? It is “123456” according to Nordpass. A large number of personal and professional accounts are therefore largely poorly protected.
The report shows that hackers take less and less time to crack a password. The result is without appeal, below 10 characters, a password resists a maximum of six hours to an attack.
But it is above all the complexity of your code that will increase its lifespan. So with 18 mixed characters composed of numbers, lowercase and uppercase letters plus symbols, 26 trillion years will be needed to decipher it.
It may seem like a lot and complicated to remember, but there are solutions to make your life easier. Password managers meet this need. This translates concretely into software that manages all your passwords in a digital wallet accessible by a unique password to remember.
Hackers are getting faster
The work of Hive Systems proves the increasing speed of hacking because according to France Num: “In 2020, an 8-character password with upper and lower case letters, symbols and numbers could be found in 8 hours. In 2023, it it only takes 5 minutes to get there.”
Incidentally, the infographic is only for “passwords used on a single platform, which have never been cracked, and which are not made up of single words” according to Moderator’s Blog. So even if you have opted for the most robust password possible, it will be instantly decrypted by a hacker if you use it for several accounts…