AI can crack your passwords in less than a minute, here’s how you can remain ‘safe’

The use of AI has become rampant in the last couple of months. While it was always there in the background, the arrival of ChatGPT and other AI tools has made it mainstream. Security experts have been warning about the use of AI and why it can be a cybersecurity threat. Now, a new study reveals that AI can actually crack passwords with relative ease.

According to a study by Home Security Heroes, almost 51% of all common passwords can be cracked in less than a minute by AI. Furthermore, 65% of common passwords were cracked in less than an hour whereas 81% of passwords took less than a month.