Security News > 2018 > October > Stringent password rules lower risk of personal data breaches

The all-too-common practice of using the same email address/password combination to log into multiple websites can be damaging, especially for employers with many users and valuable assets protected by passwords, like universities. “If someone uses their university email address and passphrase to sign up for, say, LinkedIn, and LinkedIn is breached by cybercriminals, that would mean their university password is sitting on the web for everyone to see,” said Indiana University’s Dan Calarco, co-author on … More → The post Stringent password rules lower risk of personal data breaches appeared first on Help Net Security.

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