Microsoft is banning easy-to-guess passwords, to protect users from themselves
In response to a hacker releasing 117 million usernames and passwords, Microsoft is putting an end to insecure passwords.
Cadence Bambenek is a technology reporter for Business Insider. She formerly interned at the Wisconsin State Journal and covered technology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for The Badger Herald, where she wrote about academic research, student startups and participants in national innovation competitions.