Passwords that are slightly different are not safe, hackers can take advantage of this trick
Passwords that are slightly different are not safe, hackers can take advantage of this trick If you find that one of your online accounts has been accessed by unauthorized people, it could be due to a common mistake: reusing part of your password. Reusing the same word in a password, even if it includes numbers or symbols, opens the way for criminals to access your account. Criminals use information from previous data breaches, which has been available on the Internet for some time. Hackers test these passwords on other websites, which is called 'credential stuffing'. In this way, they see if they can access the accounts. But the problem does not stop there. Criminals do not only try hacked passwords, but also try different variations of them. Research by 'Virgin Media O2' has shown that four out of every five people use the same or almost the same passwords for their online accounts. According to ethical 'white hat' hacker Brandin Murtagh, changing your passwo...