Microsoft warns 44 million users about leaked data

Microsoft has found that 44 million of their users have their data online.The affected users have also received an email from Microsoft asking them to change their passwords.

According to Microsoft themselves, they have been investigating leaked data in recent times.This mainly involved data that hackers got hold of during a data leak.

Between January and March, Microsoft conducted this investigation.They scanned 3 billion logins and compared them with their own database.

This research showed that 44 million account details of people corresponded to their users.The users who had to set a new password have received an email about this.

This is of course very annoying for the users who are affected by this.In this blog post we will go through how you can set a good and secure password.

Use different characters

A password must of course be difficult to guess, otherwise malicious users can easily abuse it.Therefore, do not only use a password that is long but also use different characters in it.

You can think of different numbers but also with special characters such as exclamation marks.Combine this to a strong password to make, so you already have a much stronger password.

Again, you must remember not to use real words.You can best use our random password generator so you always have a strong password.

What not to do?

There are also things you should not do when creating a password.For example, think of a too easy password such as test123.

This is a password that is very easy to guess for malicious users.Especially if this is the password of your hosting you should change it as soon as possible.

You give malicious users the opportunity to easily hack your website.It is also advisable to apply this to your email addresses.

Other security tips

It is of course very important that your website is well secured, you do not want your site to be hacked.If you use Managed WordPress hosting for example, it might be an idea to hide your admin page.

This can be done by using a plug-in, because people can't guess your password if they can't find your login page.You can also limit the number of login attempts, this makes it almost impossible for people to guess your password.

If you have any further questions on this subject, you can always see if there is a chat employee present.If there is no one on the chat then you can create a ticket towards our helpdesk.