Twitter is just one of many high profile companies to have fallen victim to login credentials theft, with over 30,000,000 usernames and password pairs allegedly now being sold online. Verizons Data Breach Investigations Report suggests that over half of recent data breaches were due to compromised credentials. Two-factor authentication (MFA) is to add an additional, context-specific verification step beyond the initial password request. MFA can play a critical role in improving enterprises internal network security, and guarding against theft of sensitive data.”]
Source: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/articles/cure-compromised-credentials/