SpecOps reports that in recent research, over a billion passwords were stolen by malware attacks within a one-year period. The most commonly breached password was “123456”, found in over 1.4 million compromised credentials. Despite the number of breaches it is reported many are still using easily guessable passwords. Length is not considered a guaranteed protection, particularly if a breached password is reused. To safeguard personal data, passwords should ideally be 14 characters long, contain a mix of lowercase, upper case, symbols, and numbers and avoid generic terms.
Change Healthcare ransomware attack exposes data of 190 million people
The BlackCat ransomware group attacked UnitedHealth subsidiary, Change Healthcare, in February 2024, compromising the data of 190 million individuals. The breach, one of the largest
