Report: Insecure passwords rampant among .gov emails

A cybercrime analytics company stated that .gov email addresses with unsafe passwords increase cyber crime. — Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash

Password hygiene might be going downhill for people with .gov email addresses, according to a new identity exposure report released by cyber crime analytics company SpyCloud.

SpyCloud uses recaptured data from the dark web to analyse and identify the latest trends in cyber crime and its impact on society. Researchers found 723 breaches containing .gov emails in 2023, an increase from 695 in 2022 and 611 in 2021.