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In what is colourfully termed a ‘brute force’ attack, hackers use bots to test millions of username and password combinations on different websites – until they find a match.
Up to 9.8 million Australians have been affected. Here’s what you can do to proactively defend yourself.
The advice for years has been to use password managers. But even these don’t completely eliminate the risk of being compromised.
Start 2022 by improving your password hygiene. Ideally you can use a password manager, but at the very least make sure your financial, social and work accounts each has their own strong, unique login.
If you’re reluctant to share your password, or broadcast a team password in Slack in a groupchat, your instincts are correct. But mocking those who ‘do the wrong thing’ is unlikely to help.
Guidance on strong passwords has changed and children need to learn about it in a way that suits their stage of development.
One website dedicated to tracking stolen passwords suggests there are details of currently more than 10 billion compromised accounts available online.
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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