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The passwords most used by CEOs are startlingly dumb
| The research also suggested that high-ranking business executives often use names as their passwords, the most popular being Tiffany (used in 100,534 breaches).
To reach these findings, the researchers analyzed over 290 million cybersecurity data breaches worldwide. The passwords were categorized based on job level, such as C-suite executives (such as CMOs, CROs, CTOs, CFOs), business owners, and managers.
| https://www.iflscience.com/technology/many-ceos-are-using-these-ridiculously-simple-passwords-cybersecurity-report-shows/
https://nordpass.com/business-executive-passwords/
| >nooo yo cant just use a weak password your securuties will be compromised
haha enterprise go brrrrrr
| passwords are shitty soyjack concept anyway, use physical key storage devices
| passwords can't really be beat in portability and certain types of security, still they have plenty of mayor downsides and online especially alternatives should be available.
dismissing them as a concept entierly is just dumb
an antiquated concept that should be used sparingly sure, removing them is unreasonable
| >>89651a
Removing passwords is definetly unreasonable. As far as physical devices and passwords manages goes, I'm still more confident in managing my owns passwords. But then again, that's just me(and my peers). I won't speak for the easily hackable people, lol.
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| New research by NordPass and independent researchers has revealed that passwords such as “123456,” “12345,” “password,” “123456789,” and “qwerty” are among the most hacked passwords used by CEOs.
The most hacked password used by CEOs, managers, business owners, and other high-ranking executives — “123456” — was found to be involved in over 1.1 million cybersecurity breaches worldwide. Another popular choice — “password” — was found in over 700,000 instances.