Hacker Joe Cockcroft, an expert in “cracking” complex passwords, explained which passwords should not be used.
Oku.Az reports that Championat.com published information about it.
According to the expert, no identifiable information should be used.
“Using identifying information, such as your favorite football team, the names of your relatives, or the city you live in, makes it easy to guess a password. While this information is easy to remember, hackers can guess passwords after a quick scan of your social media profiles. But changing passwords regularly can do more harm than good,” Cockcroft said.
He also does not recommend using the same passwords to access different systems: “Hackers will crack one of them and then access others. Some passwords can be cracked by hackers in seconds. In addition, the most dangerous of them is the password.” 123456″. Complex “Passwords are the simplest way to keep your data secure. “They must be a combination of numbers, symbols and letters,” the hacker added.
