Should breached passwords be changed if 2FA or MFA is enabled across all sites/systems?

If a site has experienced a breach such that usernames and passwords have been leaked, should passwords be changed if 2FA or MFA is enabled?

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Generating passwords with rule: the contents within a 10 characters string must maintain a certain ratio of numbers and letters in no particular order

I’m playing around with Kali and am looking to crack my WPA2 default password.

I started generating 10 character passwords with a charset of solely digits and upper alpha lastnight and after 10 mins, I had a 40gb text file a… Continue reading Generating passwords with rule: the contents within a 10 characters string must maintain a certain ratio of numbers and letters in no particular order

Setting passwords for domain users, not expiring them, and not allowing them to be changed by users

We are in a mid-sized enterprise environment and are looking at forcing specific passwords for all users. I’ve found nothing recent or relevant about this.

Justification:

The main reason is to ensure that personal passwor… Continue reading Setting passwords for domain users, not expiring them, and not allowing them to be changed by users

Does password expiry provide any benefit at all (when using randomly generated passwords)?

I have been seeing a shift in password policy, this has been going on for a while (Article from 2017) but I have only just picked up on this. In my organization we expire the user passwords every 90 days. When they set up the… Continue reading Does password expiry provide any benefit at all (when using randomly generated passwords)?