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Is your password behavior making you vulnerable?
The pandemic has pushed all of us into an expanded digital world. According to LastPass’s 2021 Psychology of Passwords report, many of us are sharing more personal information, but protecting it poorly.
Are you safe from hackers?
Respondents reported having 50% more accounts in 2021 than they did in 2020
This time, it’s personal.
50
%
It should come as no surprise that COVID-19—having shut down opportunities for real-world interactions—drove many people online. As a result, the amount of personal information people shared, and the channels on which they shared it, saw a sharp increase.
of respondents reported having up to 50 online apps/accounts
90
%
What are users sharing with hackers?
Malicious actors scrape public profiles and can use seemingly harmless information to hack accounts outside of your social media.
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% agree that compromised passwords are concerning
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What information is worth protecting?
Respondents were also selective of which accounts they protect, assigning a higher priority to some types of information over others.
68
%
would create stronger passwords for their financial accounts
31
%
would create strong passwords for their medical records
32
%
would create strong passwords for work-related accounts
49
%
would create stronger passwords for their email accounts
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