Password hacking is so easy

Your Passwords Are Your First Line of Defense Password hacking is so easy that it seems we're constantly hearing about widespread data breaches. You can see just how easy it is in thisUniversity of Nottingham video. But while hacks, breaches and other illegal cyber activities have become a common part of our digital lives, they don't have to be for you. Protecting your passwords with ByePass* and staying informed is the best way to fight against this modern-day scourge. The Biggest Hacks & Breaches of 2018 Facebook, 2 billion users exposed Facebook's search tools were used to discover the identities of and collect information on most of its 2 billion users across the world. Malicious hackers harvested email addresses and phone numbers on the "Dark Web", where criminals post information stolen from past data breaches. These hackers then fed those numbers and addresses intoFacebook's search tool, allowing them to match the information to people's profiles. Exactis, 340 million users exposed Exactis is a data marketing firm that inadvertently made nearly 340 million detailed records available on a publicly accessible server. The dataset included phone numbers, email addresses, home addresses, hobbies and political contributions. MyFitnessPal, 150 million users exposed Hackers stole the data of more than 150 million users of the popular fitness and dieting app. Compromised information included usernames, email addresses and passwords. MyHeritage, 92 million users exposed A security researcher alerted the genealogy company that a list of "hashed" passwords had been found on a third-party server. Hashed passwords are protected with encryption, but can still be cracked by hackers. Facebook, 50-90 million users exposed Hackers stole Facebook access tokens. Access tokens are like digital "keys" that keep people logged in so they don't have to re-enter their password each time they use the site or app. Once stolen, these were used to take over people's accounts. The company was forced to automatically log out 90 million users from their accounts, accounting for both the 50 million users Facebook knew were affected, and another potentially 40 million that might've been. Simplify & Strengthen Your Password Strategy Making your passwords as long, complicated and random as possible is the best defense against password cracking. However, that's the same thing that make them so hard to remember. With Byepass, you don't have to. Learn More

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