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Playing with fire

Employees in Europe use compromised passwords

02. Dezember, 2024 - 10:48

While European companies operate under strict data protection guidelines such as GDPR, and soon NIS 2, a recent analysis reveals serious security gaps in the handling of access data. The Business Digital Index reveals worrying cybersecurity practices.

RockYou2024

Record leak? 10 billion passwords published

05. Juli, 2024 - 10:55

Researchers from Cybernews discovered a file called „rockyou2024.txt“, which contains almost 10 billion unique passwords in plain text. This huge database was put online on July 4 by a well-known user of a hacker forum under the pseudonym „ObamaCare“.