Number of corporate credentials exposed on the dark web increased by 429%

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While there has been a year-over-year decrease in publicly disclosed data breaches, an Arctic Wolf report reveals that the number of corporate credentials with plaintext passwords on the dark web has increased by 429 percent since March. For a typical organization, this means there are now, on average, 17 sets of corporate credentials available on the dark web that could be used by hackers. With access to just one corporate account, attackers can easily execute … More

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