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In January 2024, Roku disclosed that a credential stuffing attack compromised roughly 591,000 user accounts across two separate incidents. Attackers didn't hack Roku's servers. They simply took username-and-password pairs leaked from other breaches and tried them at scale. It worked because hundreds of thousands of
A 22-Character Password Cracked in Under 4 Hours In 2023, a security researcher demonstrated that a 22-character password using only lowercase letters could be brute-forced in under four hours on consumer-grade GPU hardware. That wasn't a theoretical exercise — it was a wake-up call. Brute force attack prevention isn&
In January 2024, a threat actor used credential stuffing to compromise a test environment at Microsoft — and then pivoted to access senior leadership email accounts for weeks before detection. Microsoft. One of the most well-resourced security organizations on the planet. If it can happen there, it can happen to your
The Breach That Started With a Single Stolen Identity In 2023, a midsize accounting firm in the Midwest lost access to its entire client database — not because of a sophisticated zero-day exploit, but because a threat actor used a partner's stolen credentials purchased on the dark web. The
Microsoft's security team reported that accounts protected by multi-factor authentication block over 99.9% of automated attacks. Yet according to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), credential theft and account compromise remain among the top reported cybercrime categories year after year. The gap between what
In February 2024, a threat actor compromised a single employee's SMS-based multi-factor authentication at a major financial services firm. The method? A SIM swap that took under ten minutes. The attacker intercepted the one-time passcode, drained customer accounts, and left the company facing regulatory action. This wasn'
When the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack shut down fuel distribution across the U.S. East Coast in 2021, news anchors stumbled over terms like "ransomware," "threat actor," and "zero trust." Millions of people realized they didn't have the vocabulary to understand the
When the Colonial Pipeline attack shut down fuel distribution across the Eastern United States in 2021, news anchors stumbled over words like "ransomware," "threat actor," and "zero trust." Millions of people realized they didn't speak the language of cybersecurity — and that ignorance
The Attack That Shut Down 100 Romanian Hospitals In February 2024, a ransomware attack hit over 100 hospitals across Romania, forcing them offline and back to pen-and-paper operations. Patient data was encrypted. Emergency services were disrupted. The attack vector? Malware that slipped through a single vulnerable system and spread laterally
A Single Click Cost One Hospital Chain $100 Million In 2024, Change Healthcare was hit by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group. The attack disrupted insurance claims processing for thousands of healthcare providers across the United States. UnitedHealth Group eventually disclosed costs exceeding $870 million related to the incident. The entry
