Instagram released a statement over the weekend denying its systems had been breached, though the company did confirm that ...

Numerous Instagram users received suspicious password reset emails amid reports of a massive data scrape. The social media ...

Some OpenAI customer data was exfiltrated in a supply chain attack. The attack only affected visitors to OpenAI's API documentation. The damage was minimal yet noteworthy. A supply chain attack occurs ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Subscribers to the ReadyNotify app are being urged to change their passwords after the third-party system, which provides residents with public safety notifications, was breached in ...

In my experience so far, I have seen people choose a simple four-digit PIN over a complex password to protect their Windows PCs. The PIN is short, simple, and easy to ...

When trying to change the password of another user through the respective menu option in the user's details view, the dialog asks me to also enter the current password of the user. Needless to say, I ...

Your Apple Account is the key to everything you do on your iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro. It keeps your purchases, subscriptions and personal data secure. If you think your ...

Google wants you to start using passkeys. Its vision is to “progress toward a passwordless future," allowing you to store passkeys in the Google Password Manager service. For websites that support the ...

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“2.5 billion Gmail users should change passwords,” the headlines warn, saying Google has issued an emergency alert to all its users. Not so fast, however. While Google and Gmail are often targeted by ...

On the first day after your vacation, you sit down at your PC, type in the password — and fail. Windows says: “The password is incorrect. Please repeat the process” and expects you to click “OK.” ...

Update, June 16, 2025: This story, originally published on June 14, has been updated to include new data regarding the use of risky passwords and password habits, as well as further technical ...