2012: The Year of Password Theft

2012 THE OF YEAR PASSWORD THEFT Passwords are an important part of our everyday lives, used for everything from online shopping to email accounts. So far, 2012 has shown us that passwords that we use to protect our personal information are not as safe as we'd like to think they are. **** NOT SAFE Smartphones and tablets now provide more outlets than ever for cybercriminals to steal our personal information and use it to their advantage. This infographic, presented by SecurityCoverage, details the unsettling statistics involved in the recent increases in password theft. PasswordGenie Secure. Pasoword. Managoement 2012 SO FAR Password theft increased 300% 12 12 9.5 10 MILLION MILLION 2 IN Q1 OF 2010 IN Q1 OF 2012 pieces of personal information sold illegally 67% INCREASE There has been a 67% increase in the number of data breaches in general since 2010 33% Smartphone users are 33% more likely to be victims of identity theft PASSWORD SECURITY 60%* More than 60% of people use the same password across multiple sites 63% of smartphone users do not use password protection 63% 32% LOGIN 32% of smartphone users I save login information directly to their device i Users whose personal information is taken in a data breach are 9.5 times more likely to be victims of identity theft 9.5 TIMES Because password and login combos make up 90% of illegally traded pieces of data 90% PASSWORD LOGIN ** LOOK WE GOTCHA 72% of identity theft victims do not know the source of the crime 72% ??? LARGE SCALE PASSWORD THEFT in fe 8+ LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter and Facebook users have the highest incidence of fraud 6.5 MILLION Linked in LinkedIn - 6.5 million account passwords stolen (06/12) 24 MILLION Zappos com o POWEREDBYSERVICE user names and passwords stolen (01/12) 1.5 MILLION eharmony passwords stolen (06/12) Protect your passwords with Password Genie by SecurityCoverage + PasswordGenie Secure. Password. Management. Download Password Genie in the Google Play store Google play SOURCE https://www.javelinstrategy.com/ http://www.techspot.com/news/49443-experian-password-theft-soars- 300-to-12-million-in-the-first-quarter.html http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2012/07/19/personal- information-password-theft-rise http://articles.boston.com/2012-03-02/business/31114210_1_identity- thieves-identity-fraud-identity-theft https://www.allclearid.com/blog/tied-to-smartphones http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/survey-60-percent-of-users-use- the-same-password-across-more-than-one-of-their-online-accounts/9489