In a byline, FIDO Alliance executive director Andrew Shikiar discusses the recent cyberattacks on MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment which showcased the widespread effects data breaches can have on an organization. These attacks, as well as so many other high-profile breaches over the past few years, happened because of continued reliance on legacy sign-in credentials like passwords and SMS one-time passcodes that can be easily given away and reused.
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The Guardian: RIP passwords: new web standard designed to replace login method
In this article, The Guardian’s Samuel Gibbs reports that “WebAuthn will eliminate need for passwords…
Motherboard: Biometric and App Logins Will Soon Be Pushed Across the Web
In this article, FIDO Alliance Executive Director Brett McDowell tells Motherboard about WebAuthn, saying “What…
The Verge: Chrome and Firefox will support a new standard for password-free logins
In his reporting on the newly announced FIDO2 Project, The Verge reporter Russell Brandon predicts…
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