 TITLE: How Reusing Passwords Can Lead to Online Attacks CONTENT: How Big Is Credential Stuffing Fraud?\n-------------------------------------\nThis type of fraud is on the rise due to the high volume of personal credentials compromised through data breaches and made available on the dark web for criminals to purchase. More than 446 million records were exposed in 2018, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center and CyberScout, which was a 126% increase from the previous year. And earlier this year, 2.2 billion personal credentials aggregated by hackers were made available in a single data dump on the dark web known as Collections 1-5. With new data breaches surfacing on a regular basis, credit stuffing fraud will likely continue to grow. END