12. NCSC Reveals Massive Password Breach Affecting 100,000

An unprotected cloud server is said to have led the security researchers belonging to uk’s national cyber security centre (ncsc) to a data trove of a quarter billion passwords. Apr 22, 2019 · and it is clear that passwords still remain a huge security weakness for many people, after the ncsc published separate analysis of the 100,000 most commonly re. Apr 23, 2019 · over 3. 6m brits have 'password' as their password, 23. 2 million users have '123456' as their password, and 'qwerty,' has been used by 3. 8 million people. The ncsc's first 'uk cyber survey' published alongside global password risk list Oct 9, 2023 · 70% always use pins and passwords for smart phones and tablets;

Breach analysis finds 23. 2 million victim accounts worldwide used 123456 as password; Global password risk list published to disclose passwords already known to hackers;