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Just ahead of Sunday's Oscars, the firm analyzed more than 800 million breached passwords out of a list of 2 billion and is revealing the top 20 movies exposed via breaches.
"While we present this breached password list in good humor, what shouldn't be taken lightly is the negative impact that weak and compromised passwords can have on an organization's cybersecurity risk," the firm said.
Employee passwords are most likely the greater weakness to a company's cybersecurity posture, Specops said.
"While an increasing number of organizations are implementing password standards based on corporate security best practices or guidelines from organizations like NIST or CMMC, many companies continue to allow their workers to create passwords with only minimal parameters in place."
Techniques like social engineering and AI-driven "Spray and pray" attacks are escalating the frequency and sophistication of attempted credential theft, meaning it's easier than ever for an attacker to obtain passwords for nefarious reasons, the firm said.
To find out whether breached passwords like these movies are being used in your organization's Active Directory environment, Specops is offering a free, read-only scan.