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2 Minute Drill: Ascension Breaches, Microsoft's Passwordless Future, and More with Drex DeFord
Season 2 · Episode 31

2 Minute Drill: Ascension Breaches, Microsoft's Passwordless Future, and More with Drex DeFord

This Week Health: Newsroom · This Week Health

May 7, 20254m 55s

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Drex DeFord covers critical security updates affecting healthcare organizations. Ascension Health is notifying hundreds of thousands of patients about security incidents involving third-party partners. UnitedHealth Group has deployed thousands of AI applications across their operations. A new study reveals alarming password practices, with 8-character passwords and common words still widely used. Microsoft is making all new accounts passwordless by default to combat these vulnerabilities.

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