Multiple choice technology security

Passwords are usually stored in the systems

  1. Hashed form

  2. Encrypted Form

  3. Plain text form

  4. none
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Explanation

Passwords should be stored in hashed form using a slow, salted hash function like bcrypt, Argon2, or PBKDF2. Hashing is one-way, so even if the password database is compromised, attackers cannot easily recover the original passwords. Encryption is reversible and less secure for password storage, and plaintext storage is a critical security failure. Modern systems never store passwords in plaintext.

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