How Long It Takes Hackers to Crack Your Password

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How Long It Takes Hackers to Crack Your Password

How Long It Takes Hackers to Crack Your PasswordBusinessWeek says a 6 character password (just letters) can be cracked in just 10 minutes while a 9 character password complete with letters, uppercase, numbers and symbols will take 44,530 years to crack. Take a look at the image to see other comparisons, the first column describes your password, the other columns show you how long the hackers need to hack your password. [BusinessWeek via Neatorama]

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