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You Can Do Better Than the Louvre's Hilariously Bad Password. Here's How to Actually Secure Your Accounts

The most famous museum in the world used an incredibly insecure password to protect its video surveillance system. Here's how ...

Over 1 billion passwords and emails leaked: How to see if you’re affected

Have I Been Pwned just acquired a huge collection of unique email addresses and passwords that have been leaked and/or stolen ...

Another year, another report exposing our weakness for easy-to-guess passwords

A new 2025 report reveals we still haven’t learned as easy-to-guess passwords like “123456” and “password” continue to dominate leaked data. Despite growing awareness, millions of users are reusing ...
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Oversharing, Weak Passwords, and Digital IDs: How Your Online Life Is Feeding Hackers, Scammers, and Governments

What can you do about it before it's too late? Learn about your best methods of defense and more in this week's cybersecurity ...

Thieves steal $100M in jewels from Louvre after museum used own name as surveillance password

Louvre Museum reportedly used 'Louvre' as password for surveillance system during $100M jewel heist. Learn how weak passwords ...

Nuclear codes, voicemail hacks and businesses going bust. These are some of the biggest password blunders

A 2014 security report resurfaced this week showing that the password for the server managing the CCTV network at the Louvre was simply “LOUVRE.” Here are some examples of technological mishaps and ...

How 1.3 billion passwords were stolen: Infostealer malware data breach explained

In one of the largest data leaks ever recorded, cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a database containing over 1.3 ...