McKnight’s Senior Living May 25, 2022
Kathleen Steele Gaivin

The healthcare industry leads the list of most breached sectors with some of the weakest passwords out there, according to a recent study by proprietary password manager NordPass.

The research was conducted in partnership with independent researchers who analyzed more than 290 million data breaches worldwide. They grouped passwords according to job title and industry. Among many fields affected, healthcare, technology, finance, construction, hospitality, media and marketing were shown to have some of the weakest passwords and to experience the most security incidents.

“Apparently, this is as relevant to business owners, CEOs and other C-level executives as to regular internet users. Among both audiences, the most popular password remains ‘123456,’” according to a press release issued in conjunction with...

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