If a password has been previously stolen, uses dictionary words, or has been reused between websites, the time needed to crack it drops dramatically, as shown below.

How long does it take to crack a password? In their 2024 Hive Systems Password Table report, Hive found that a complex, eight-character password that contains numbers, symbols, and both upper and ...

Looking at all the common passwords, Home Security Heroes found that 81% of them could be cracked in less than a month, 71% in less than a day, 65% in less than an hour, and 51% in less than a ...

An eight-character-long password made of numbers can be cracked instantly, according to the IT firm Hive Systems. Every year, the company releases its password table, which displays the time needed to ...