If you think your computer password is safe, you may want to think again. A worrying new study by researchers from the University of California, Irvine, has revealed that hackers can steal your ...

The man who first invented the password to protect user accounts has died aged 93 of complications related to diabetes. Computer pioneer Fernando Corbato oversaw a project which would allow different ...

If you’re like most people, you’re annoyed by passwords. You’ve got dozens to remember – some of them tortuously complex – and on any given day, as you read e-mails, send tweets, and order groceries ...

Scientists at MIT in the 1960s had to share computer time. They had passwords to access the computer and could not use more than their allowance. But one man hacked the system. Show more Scientists at ...

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The man who invented the computer password, Fernando Corbato, has died aged 93 from complications related to diabetes. Mr Corbato was an academic at the famous Massachusetts Institute for Technology ...

Computer pioneer Fernando Corbato, external, who first used passwords to protect user accounts, has died aged 93. Dr Corbato introduced the basic security measure while developing methods that let ...

Computer security just lost one of its founders. Fernando "Corby" Corbato, credited with inventing the computer password, has died at the age of 93. The MIT researcher devised the concept of ...