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Breaking into Twitter accounts with a dictionary password attack

A Twitter employee had her account broken into because she chose a dictionary word for her own password. What password had she chosen? Happiness. Its not a good idea at all to use a dictionary words for any password you have. Below youll find a video I made last night, making the serious point in a lighthearted way. Follow Graham Cluley on Twitter to read more of the exclusive content we post on the Naked Security website.”]

Source: https://grahamcluley.com/breaking-twitter-accounts-dictionary-password-attack/

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