"Despite warnings, most people still don’t change their passwords"

1050 individuals were surveyed about their passwords.  It was discovered that 64% of people used the same password for some, or even all, of their online accounts, while only 21% used a different password for each account. 21% of the respondents used personal information to create passwords.  9% of respondents said that they had never changde their main email account password.  It was also discovered that 45% of users include special characters in their passwords such as @ or $, while 32% say their passwords contain fewer than eight letters. Most passwords (35%) have up to ten characters, while 16% are the most security-conscious, with over 12 characters. It is important for individuals and businesses to take password security seriously, because week passwords, make it much easier for hackers to access sensitive information and cause a data breach.

HELPNETSECURITY reports: "Despite warnings, most people still don’t change their passwords"