Save the Embarrassment: The Value of Multi-Factor Authentication

These days, it’s not a matter of if your password will be breached but when. Major websites experience massive data breaches at an alarming rate. Have I Been Pwned currently has records from 705 sites comprising 12.6 billion accounts. This includes well-known names like Wattpad, Verifications.io, and Facebook. This is a 30% increase in the number of sites and a 10% increase in the number of accounts from when I published these numbers in 2021 and 139% and 138% respectively …

accounts authentication breached breaches data data breaches experience facebook factor have i been pwned major matter multi-factor multi-factor authentication names password pwned rate records value wattpad websites well-known