As Dropbox put it in a blog post, “A stolen password was also used to access an employee Dropbox account containing a project document with user email addresses.” The 2012 Dropbox breach, in which hackers obtained encrypted passwords for more than 68 million accounts, is an example of how devastating the effects of password reuse can be. They are ambivalent about the risk of pwned passwords. This problem is compounded by password reuse, another prevalent example of poor employee security hygiene.ĩ1% of respondents in a recent survey acknowledge that reusing passwords across multiple work and personal related accounts introduces significant security vulnerabilities. The use of pwned passwords, or passwords that have been previously exposed in data breaches, significantly increases security vulnerability as cybercriminals can easily access compromised credentials via the Dark Web and utilize this information to infiltrate corporate accounts. In this ever-changing landscape, there is one constant: passwords remain the primary authentication method for accessing corporate systems and applications-and employees are notorious for utilizing pwned passwords. New cybersecurity threats are continuously emerging in light of our increasingly connected world, AI, 5G, and other enterprise trends.
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