49% of workers, when forced to update their password, reuse the same one with just a minor change:
A survey of 200 people conducted by security outfit HYPR has some alarming findings.
For instance, not only did 72% of users admit that they reused the same passwords in their personal life, but also 49% admitted that when forced to update their passwords in the workplace they reused the same one with a minor change.
Furthermore, many users were clearly relying upon their puny human memory to remember passwords (42% in the office, 35% in their personal lives) rather than something more reliable. This, no doubt, feeds users' tendency to choose weak, easy-to-crack passwords as well as reusing old passwords or making minor changes to existing ones.
What is so bad about changing "Password1" to "Password2"?
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Saturday December 14 2019, @12:08AM
This answer applies to the many comments I got, but don't want to pepper all the answers:
I was referring to the literal password "Password1". I'm pretty sure the hackorz try those exact things first.
Otherwise, I certainly agree- a 1 character change to an already "strong" password is a great option, resulting in an equally strong password.