akamai.com | 1 Today’s MFA — Is It a Security Illusion? P APERakamai.com | 2 Usernames and Passwords Are Not Enough Eighty percent of security breaches involve compromised credentials. 1 And while password hygiene is culpable in part, even complex, indecipherable passwords developed by algorithms can be problematic. 2 A recent dark web audit revealed 15 billion stolen logins from 100,000 breaches. 3 The imperative of digital connectivity, a reliance on cloud services, and the reality of hybrid environments — coupled with a reliance on passwords — leave users vulnerable to myriad authentication attack vectors: • Credential stuffing • Password spray and other brute-force mechanisms • Local discovery and insider efforts • Phishing and social engineering • Keystroke

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