Security News > 2019 > April > Microsoft: Yo dawg, we heard you liked Windows password expiry policies. So we expired your expiry policy
2019-04-25 19:25
Password resets reset. Too bad Uncle Sam hasn't got the message yet Microsoft has finally decided to get rid of password expiration policies in Windows because forcing people to reset their passwords periodically harms security.…
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