And they want that access so they can steal that information, set up a lasting presence in those systems, some combination of those two, or in relatively rare cases, to destroy the data and/or the system permanently. They want passwords so they can get access to systems, information, or both. This is the fancy cyber (and political science/international affairs) way of saying governments. You’ll find motivations vary widely between these groups but ultimately the end result is the same – getting access to sensitive data and/or systems. We’ll break this down into three main groups: Nation-states, cybercriminals, and malicious insiders. Let’s take a look at the types of threat actors that want your passwords, why they may want them, how they can get them, and how you can minimize the impact to you should a password fall into the wrong hands. And there are a multitude of reasons why they want these passwords… but here’s the tl dr: None of them are good. Bad news: There are a lot of people out there who want your passwords.
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