Save The Embarrassment: The Value Of Multi-Factor Authentication
Fortra, Tuesday, October 17,2023
These days, it's not a matter of if your password will be breached but when. Major websites experience massive data breaches at an alarming rate.
Have I Been Pwned currently has records from 705 sites comprising 12.6 billion accounts. This includes well-known names like Wattpad, Verifications.io, and Facebook. This is a 30% increase in the number of sites and a 10% increase in the number of accounts from when I published these numbers in 2021 and 139% and 138% respectively since the first version of this article in 2018.
Password breaches are a cause for embarrassment. They are talked about in hushed tones just like finding mice in your home or having your credit card declined. They don't need to be though because they are part of the online experience associated with a modern cyber life.