34% of business leaders globally utilized usernames and passwords as the primary method of customer authentication, a decrease of five percentage points from 2024.

19% of people in Los Angeles only change their passwords when prompted or after experiencing a security incident.

64% of San Franciscans set up passkeys whenever available.

62% of Washington, D.C. area residents set up passkeys to protect their online accounts.

Nearly half of Americans (48%) are still stuck using the same password for multiple online accounts.

22% of consumers believe that strong, unique passwords are the most secure method.

A surprising 13% of all respondents admitted to using their pet's name for a password.

42% of people in Washington, D.C., are worried about their financial institutions being hacked.

Nearly half of Americans (48%) are still stuck using the same password for multiple online accounts.

70% of Seattleites use Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

67% of San Franciscans use MFA.

62% of consumers in Atlanta actively turn on MFA when available.

61% of New Yorkers set up passkeys to protect their online accounts.

11% of people in Denver admit to not using any specific security methods beyond basic passwords.

50% of people in Denver are among the most likely to use the same password for multiple accounts.

Only 3% of Americans believed in using a hardware security key as the most secure method, despite it being considered the most effective tool to stop phishing.

In 46% of tested environments, at least one password hash was successfully cracked. This is an increase from 25% in 2024.

An alarming 70% of users exposed in breaches last year reused previously-exposed passwords across multiple accounts, an increase from 61% in 2023.

93% of the recaptured passwords were cracked by SpyCloud and delivered as plaintext.

142.27 million individuals had a password exposed in 2024, a 125% increase from 2023.