People often wonder how hackers are able to get people’s passwords in order to access their accounts. Truth of the matter is, it’s really not that freaking hard. Check out the video below from Jimmy Kimmel and pay attention to two things. 1. Just how weak their passwords are and 2. Just how easily the interviewer got them to give up the passwords (often without even realizing it). This just goes to show you guys that no matter how secure we make our networks, our users are our biggest threat. If you’d like some additional facts about passwords (as well as some good advice on how to make a secure password), check out this great post from Loss of Privacy.
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