The data showed that Egypt was among the highest in the countries in the rate of attempts to guess the passwords of users last year, as the number of recorded guessing attempts reached about 42 million attempts, while Saudi Arabia recorded 22.5, the UAE 15.8, and Kuwait 11.1.

These reports, announced by Kaspersky, a company specialized in cyber security and protection, at a press conference for the company last March, come at a time when social networking sites and e-mail have become a fertile environment for cyber attacks.

Failed hacking attempts

Nada says - to Al Jazeera Net - that the hackers tried to penetrate her account, as a notice appeared to her about trying to enter her account on the social networking site Facebook more than once, confirming that she was surprised more than once by the presence of this type of notifications from the site beyond any doubt that there is Whoever tried to guess the password for the account.

"It was terrifying to a large extent because I kept personal pictures and private messages on the account as well, as a notification came on Facebook that the attempt to access my private account was from somewhere in Giza," Nada added.

Because of the panic, Nada decided to remove all the pictures from her personal account, and changed the password in light of the obsession that the hacker could know her.

As for Mahmoud Abdullah, his condition is different from Nada, as the hackers succeeded in their attempts, and the damage was not limited to stealing one of his social media pages, but the goal this time was his e-mail, which returned him with great harm, especially in light of relying on him at work as a driver. ".

Mahmoud says - to Al-Jazeera Net - that his account was vulnerable to theft from someone, and that led to the suspension of his work after the thief changed the password of his e-mail, and then succeeded in controlling his account on the application, indicating that the lack of experience he had a situation between him He showed the ability to interact with the event, so he turned to seeking help from technical experts, as he was aware of the digital identifier of the hacker device (Ip address), but to no avail, as he did not receive a response at a time when it was difficult to reach the company in light of the Coronavirus procedures.

Statistics and figures

According to an official report of the Ministry of Communications last January, the number of users of Internet services via mobile phone and landline Internet as of last December reached 56.44 million users.

Causes of the problem

The lack of awareness of electronic insurance among many in Egypt is the most prominent obstacle that causes the theft of electronic accounts and e-mails, especially if the hacker is able to know any simple data about the target person, so the mobile number, name or date of birth is sufficient for the hacker to start the process of trying to break passwords, according to Anas. Hashem, programming and data analysis expert, for Al-Jazeera Net.

Despite the tendency of many social media and e-mail sites to put in place data protection methods such as the two-way protection system and the use of the mobile phone in the registration process and the use of security questions, there is an obstacle that remains, related to choosing easy-to-guess passwords for accounts via social media or via e-mail. According to Hashem's statements, which is strongly reflected in the absence of steps to protect accounts, such as choosing the alphabet and the like.

He pointed out that guessing passwords is a pattern of hackers in taking over various accounts, which is known as "Brute Force". Through this pattern, the hacker can use software that provides a dictionary containing millions of passwords used on mail accounts. The electronic form makes the guessing process easier than expected, as you only need to type the password.

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