A recent data breach exposed the Social Security numbers of more than 280,000 people served as yet another reminder of the risks associated with using weak and default passwords. Such mistakes are surprisingly common despite years of warnings about the dangers of using passwords that hackers can easily guess. The U.S. Department of Energy said a security audit at the Bonneville Power Administration identified 11 servers with easily guessable passwords. Verizon’s latest annual report on worldwide data breaches concluded that attacks exploiting weak passwords are still endemic in the retail and hospitality industries.”]
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