Microsoft will kill password by 2021

 Microsoft is going to change the authentication

Microsoft post said that almost 80% of the cyber-attacks are targeted towards the password.

In the blog post, the company has stated that almost 80% of the cyber-attacks are targeted towards the password with every 250 corporate accounts being hacked every day. And this has pushed the company to bring a password-free solution. 

“In November 2019 at Microsoft Ignite, we shared that more than 100 million people were already using Microsoft’s passwordless sign-in each month. In May of 2020, just in time for World Password Day, that number had already grown to more than 150 million people, and the use of biometrics to access work accounts is now almost double what it was then. We’ve drawn strength from our customers’ determination this year and are set to make passwordless access a reality for all our customers in 2021,” said the company blog post.

It has been mentioned that there are over 150 million total passwordless users across Azure Active Directory and Microsoft consumer accounts. The number of consumers using Windows Hello to sign in to Windows 10 devices, instead of a password, grew to 84.7% from 69.4% last year.

It is worth adding that besides Microsoft, Apple is also working on this feature. The iPhone maker has stressed a lot on its Touch ID, Apple ID log-in system, and Face ID in laptops, mac, and iPhones.