Researchers have created a system that bolsters data security by fooling hackers with fake cracked passwords. The system, dubbed ErsatzPasswords, is detailed in a research paper submitted to the 2015 Annual Computer Security Applications Conference, due to take place in Los Angeles in December. The system is designed to trick hackers who want to to “crack” passwords, according to one of the paper’s authors, Mohammed H. Almeshekah, a doctoral student at Purdue University in Indiana.
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