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Spambot Releases 700M Emails And Passwords

August 31, 2017
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Yahoo Looks To Nix Passwords In Security Push
Merchant Innovation // October 16, 2015

Passwords for digital accounts have become almost as ubiquitous as the devices they’re used to access, and the statistics paint a scary picture. According to Entrepreneur, the three most common passwords in 2014 were, shockingly, “123456,” “PASSWORD” and “12345.” It’s clear that passwords aren’t the strict...

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Spambot Releases 700M Emails And Passwords

August 31, 2017
A spambot computer program, which collects email addresses to send out spam messages to consumers, has exposed 711 million email addresses and a number of passwords. NBC News reported that the data breach occurred because spammers neglected to secure their servers, allowing the information to be accessed and downloaded without credentials. The spambot sends out […]

Yahoo Looks To Nix Passwords In Security Push

October 16, 2015
Passwords for digital accounts have become almost as ubiquitous as the devices they’re used to access, and the statistics paint a scary picture. According to Entrepreneur, the three most common passwords...