‘I would just lay in bed and think about it’ A man had just two attempts to try and remember his password in order to access $240m worth of Bitcoin. Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, had 7,002 bitcoins that were given to him in 2011. The cryptocurrency had been given to […]

2 years ago

The beginning of the end for anyone still using someone else’s account Last year we reported that Netflix were trialling a new costing system in the hopes of cracking down on password sharing. The test began in three specific countries – Chile, Costa Rica and Peru – with the aim of spreading the system worldwide. […]

3 years ago

Loads of us still use the words “password” and “qwerty” in our passwords, data has revealed Everybody needs to “drop passwords altogether” and use other technology to protect their details from hackers, a cybersecurity expert has said. We all have a nightmare remembering our passwords, and many of us use the same one for multiple […]

4 years ago

The difference between a short password and a long one? Trillions of years A new study has found how quickly passwords of different lengths can be cracked by hackers – and it’s bad news if you’re using eight letters or less. Hive Systems, a cybersecurity company based in Richmond, Virginia, has detailed how the length […]

4 years ago

*Changes password immediately*

10 years ago

Having your online accounts can be very costly, so you’d think a strong password is one of the most important things. But some of us clearly don’t care enough to go that extra step to protect our online accounts, as this list of the most common passwords – and likely the easiest to hack – […]

11 years ago