US Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard reused the same weak password across Gmail …

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Facepalm: Studies show that most people still reuse weak passwords across multiple accounts despite years of warnings from cybersecurity experts against the practice. Recent leaks reveal that poor password discipline even occurs at the upper levels of the United States government. Leaked passwords from past security breaches reveal that Tulsi Gabbard, who recently became the US Director of National Intelligence, reused a weak password on multiple accounts for email and other services. All of the breaches occurred several years ago, and a spokesperson claimed Gabbard changed the passwords multiple times since then, but the revelations might add to recent scrutiny of government cybersecurity discipline. The accounts included Gmail, Dropbox, LinkedIn, MyFitnessPal, and other services. Although what information was shared using the accounts remains unclear, they were in use while Gabbard served on multiple congressional committees that granted her access to sensitive information. Worryingly, Wired discovered the passwords because they appeared in multiple troves of leaked passwords that emerged between 2012 and 2019. The breaches that exposed the recycled passwords likely occurred even earlier. Such situations are precisely why cybersecurity experts strongly discourage using the same password
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