A word of warning

Hear this - businesses are being urged to increase the length of online passwords amid growing fears of a surge in cyber-attacks by pro-Russian hackers. Online security specialist Linten Technologies has said that adding just one extra character could be make or break. “Typically, a 10-character password can take hackers just 26 minutes to break, whereas a password with 11 characters can take about three days,” says Steven Allan, Linten’s founder and CEO. Just thought I’d put that out there.