The processing power of computers keeps growing, helping users to solve increasingly complex problems faster. A side effect is that passwords that were impossible to guess just a few years ago can be cracked by hackers within mere seconds in 2024.
For example, the RTX 4090 GPU is capable of guessing an eight-character password consisting of same-case English letters and digits, or 36 combinable characters, within just 17 seconds. Kaspersky study of resistance to brute-force attacks found that a large percentage of passwords (59%) can be cracked in under one hour.
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Source: Kaspersky
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