Words of Wisdom

When is the last time you changed that password you used this morning? How about your email password? No, not the one you use at work (that hopefully IT makes you update regularly and requires 2FA for) that old Yahoo account that you still use for an embarrassingly long list of important logins and accounts in your life? How about that mortgage website you setup and then never check on because the payment is automatic, or the Amazon account that is always logged in.....

Why do I ask?

If you are doing business online today either personally or professionally it is highly likely that your usernames and passwords (at least a percentage of them) have been stolen already and are being traded and sold. However, that statistical probability has just become a near certainty.

19 Billion records have hit the dark web over the last 12 months do to a wave of new phishing and credential stealing techniques.

Yes...that number is not a typo.

19,030,305,929 passwords spanning nearly 200 security incidents.

This incredibly figure highlights a stark reality that we have discussed here at length. The mediocre approach to cyber security best practices both personally and professionally is purposeful negligence today.

Period.

We must adjust our understanding of the very real threat that cyber attacks pose to our way of life.

Today you can either lose every dollar you have ever saved in a single afternoon or the 911 system you rely on can be suddenly unavailable. Both happen often and both are targeted cyber attacks.

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