A Security Management review of the passwords revealed by AntiSec's hack of local law enforcement domains shows that insecure passwords were not hard to find. It takes only one weak link from a user with an easily cracked password to give a hacker the opportunity to gain access to a network and wreak havoc.
Seventy different law enforcement domains were hacked and 300 email accounts were listed. The majority of users had passwords with letter and number combinations, as recommended, but many passwords were just name and birth year combinations. Some passwords were first and last names, addresses, or simple words like "apple," "hardcore," "Ironman," and, "Master."
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