http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/05/22/2015052201606.html
Chosun.com
May 22, 2015
Internet users in Korea are notoriously more exposed to security risks
than their counterparts in other countries, partly because their password
hints are too easy to guess, Google analysis released Thursday shows.
The search giant analyzed security questions selected by the users around
the world to help them when they forget the password.
According to the analysis, a majority of Korean users selected
too-easy-to-guess questions like "the city where you were born" and
"what's your favorite food." If a hacker tries 10 times to crack the
password, their chances of guessing the right answer are 39 percent and 43
percent.
If "Seoul" is the answer to the birthplace question, the question is no
more secure than the password "1234."
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