How weak is YOUR password? Graphic shows exactly how long it would take hackers to break it

As tedious as the incessant requests are for longer and harder-to-remember passwords, experts say there's good reason for the nuisance. It's gotten easier and easier for hackers to guess your password as computer processing speeds have gotten faster. With sprawling cloud-based computer power now available for rent to anyone -- and massive supercomputers out there, like the system that trained ChatGPT -- cyber security firm Hive Systems says that a truly professional hacker could access your secrets almost instantly. The company has produced a new table showing just how safe or vulnerable your password is, based on its character count and the diversity of characters you've used. They say you'll need a fully random password, that's at least 12-characters long, with a mixture of numbers, special symbols, upper- and lowercase letters, if you want to keep even just an amateur hacker out of your account, thanks to the power of today's consumer desktop tech.