This could lead to money being stolen from bank accounts, fraudulent purchases via online shops or identity theft, according to life assistance company CPP.
The average internet user is asked for a password by 23 websites a month. The research found 46 per cent of British internet users, 15.6 million, have the same password for most web-based accounts and five per cent, or 1.7 million, use the same password for every single website. Almost 16 million use same password for every website, study finds – Telegraph
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