The Dangers of Password Reuse

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This paper presents a summary for an academic article written by Blake Ives, Kenneth R. Walsh and Helmut Schneider, entitled "The Domino Effect of Password Reuse." The article takes a look at the alarming recycling and reuse of computer system passwords by any and all users. This reuse enables hackers to better guess not only certain passwords for systems, but those to be hacked in other systems.

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""One weak spot is all it takes to open secured digital doors and online accounts causing untold damage and consequences" (Ives, Walsh, & Schneider 1). Thus begins "The Domino Effect of Password Reuse," an article on the dangers of password reuse in the especially vulnerable Internet environment of today. The authors start the article with an explanation of password security and protection. While complex and highly monitored and thought out systems are used to ensure password security, "the system of user name and password works less well than people believe" (Ives, Walsh, & Schneider 1), note the authors. To emphasize the growing threat to internet security, be it corporate interests or personal financial information, several cases of password theft are given."

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