The dreaded day has come. You have been notified, or believe that, your beloved and much used password has been compromised.
Is your password compromised
Immediately, you think back on all those times that you should’ve listened to everyone that warned you against doing exactly what you’ve done. You curse yourself, knowing that it wouldn’t have happened if you’d simply not used the same password for absolutely everything.
[insert said password] never let you down before. It was so memorable. You thought you’d picked a good one; convinced yourself that the hackers would never guess it. Well, until today.
“53% of people rely on memory to manage their passwords” “51% use the same passwords for both work and personal accounts” “The password ‘123456’ is still used by 23 million accounts”
(Source - Password statistics) |
“59% use their name or birthdate in a password” “43% have shared their password with someone” “Almost two-thirds of people use the same password across multiple accounts” “MFA blocks 99.9% of all attacks” (Source - Password statistics) |