Security News > 2019 > December > Compromised passwords used on 44 million Microsoft accounts

44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking due to use of compromised passwords, Microsoft has shared. The discovery was made in the first quarter of 2019, when the company’s identity threat research team checked billions of credentials compromised in different breaches against Microsoft consumer and enterprise account credentials. Password reuse and efforts to prevent it Data breaches have become a fact of life for both businesses and individuals, … More → The post Compromised passwords used on 44 million Microsoft accounts appeared first on Help Net Security.

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