Google Study Finds Most Security Questions Easy To Hack

When concocting password and retrieval questions, users select the easiest to answers, which are also easier for hackers to guess. Don’t use the word “pizza” when answering what the favorite food question A study from Google indicates that “Pizza,” one of the most popular passwords or answers to the question, “What is your favorite food,” is also the easiest to hack. When the question “What is your favorite food?” is asked, the answer 20 percent of the time is “pizza.” Using just one attempt, a hacker has a 19.7 percent chance of guessing an English speaking account’s password and in particular…