Security News > 2021 > September > Have you tried to guess your boss's password? Lots of workers have, according to a report
An August Beyond Identity report takes a look at people's password protection habits as well as their tendencies to guess other folk's passwords.
Last month, Beyond Identity published the results of a survey highlighting password protection habits, office password "Guessing games" and more.
About one in five respondents said they'd tried to guess the password of a coworker or their boss, according to Beyond Identity, with other top answers including the passwords belonging to an "Ex-partner", friend and sibling.
Over one-third of respondents said they'd tried to guess another person's password and 73.3% of these individuals have been successful in doing so, the blog said.
In general, many people said they'd attempted to guess the passwords of coworkers and other people in their familial and social circles, but what accounts were these passwords associated with? Just under half of the respondents were attempting to "Guess" or "Discover" the password associated with another person's personal email account, according to Beyond Identity, with other top accounts and devices including phones, video and music streaming services, work accounts and online banking accounts.
Only half of Baby Boomers have "Used a password generator" and Generation X was the "Most likely" of these groups to use password generators to craft a password for their online banking accounts, according to Beyond Identity.