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Passwords

Instructor: Irena Skot

BUS-231-E2: Principles of Management

Fall 2008

Report # 1

Topic: E-Business “Forget your password”

September 18th 2008

Article:

Today In Tech >on Yahoo!

"Forgot your password" links the easy way in for hackers

Wed Sep 3, 2008 11:31AM EDT

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Never mind creating a password with at least eight characters, two of which are numbers, one of which is a capital letter, and one of which is a symbol like (*&^%$). The easiest way for a hacker to weasel into your account is likely the "Forgot your password?" link.

"Forgot your password?" features are older than the Internet, providing businesses and site owners a simple way to let a user reset a forgotten password, provided he can verify his credentials by asking a few personal questions that only the rightful user should know.

For years the archetypical question was, of course, the "Mother's maiden name" challenge. In recent years, additional challenges have emerged, such......


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