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Ep 33: RockYou

Darknet Diaries

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How to Detect a Password Attack Using the Top Five Thousand Passwords

Amaki had found that if you take the top five thousand most frequently use passwords, you could crack 20 % of all passwords. With a password set like this, likelihood of them hacking other accounts significantly went up. Hackers were able to use this password list and get into many accounts after this. It gave defenders the ability to know how to detect such an attack.

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