Employee credentials of half of European top 500 firms exposed online

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Employee credentials of half of European top 500 firms exposed online


Cyber attacks and data breaches very often start with phishing or spear-phishing. Access to good credentials is key - whether it's for straight emailing or direct access to target email systems, etc.

Web intelligence firm Recorded Future has recently scoured the Web’s underbelly, including paste sites and forums, for exposed corporate credentials (emails and passwords), and found that 49 percent of Europes's largest companies have had credentials belonging to their employees exposed online.