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Was the force with you this World Password Day ?
Vinayak Sreedhar , Country Head Australia , ManageEngine , draws parallels between World Password Day and World Star Wars Day .
It ’ s serendipitous that World Password Day fell on World Star Wars Day . After all , imagine if the Rebel Alliance had been able to hack the Death Star through weak passwords ? There would have been no need for the subsequent 11 movies and one of the world ’ s most beloved franchises would look very different .
Across Australia , organizations and individuals are waging their own Battle of Yavin against the dark force of nefarious cybercriminals , intent on breaking through password barriers to steal their private information .
One prominent hacker recently said Australians are among the most exploitable targets in the world due to our wealth and trusting natures . This corroborates the finding that a cybercrime is reported across the country every seven minutes .
The rapid digitization we ’ ve witnessed in recent years – starting with mass cloud adoption and most recently culminating in the global obsession with generative AI tools such as ChatGPT – has unwittingly added fuel to the fire . As the adage goes , any new technology brings both advantages and disadvantages .
While AI is predominantly being used by cybersecurity specialists to reduce human error , eliminate time-consuming tasks and spot security issues , malicious actors are using AI to boost their hacking game . To maintain the integrity and security of
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