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Rampant password reuse puts companies and customers at risk

25.9 million business account credentials and over 543 million breach assets tied to employees in the Fortune 1000 are readily available on the criminal underground. The credentials of 133,927 C-level Fortune 1000 executives are available for sale on the dark web. Despite constant warnings about the high risk of using weak passwords, ‘123456’ and ‘password’ are still the most commonly used among employees. Media professionals also show an affinity for using certain passwords that would be inappropriate to publish here.

Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/02/15/password-reuse-risk/

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