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Microsoft will ban users with simple passwords

Microsoft запретит пользователям простые паролиMicrosoft wants to protect users from hacking accounts.

To create the list, experts use the account data exposed to cyber-attacks. In addition to the primitive combinations, users will also prohibit the use of popular passwords: qwerty, 12345, and so forth.

Today the feature is already working in Outlook, Xbox, OneDrive and Azure AD. According to the company, most people may not even notice innovations.

Protection will emerge only in case if the user tries to use a too simple password to enter the system. Then the security service will alert them of a potential threat and will ask you to change the combination.

The Department of defense identity Microsoft even made a special guide, which is a few tips for administrators. In the document experts told the network executives on how best to protect users from hacking

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