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>> yes. the hacking community has grown both in size and sophistication and the techniques they use which again, goes back to why it was so important we solve this problem. >> reporter: microsoft is one of a handful of companies pushing hard to scrap passwords. is onel of companies working hard to scrap pass words, the most vulnerable aspect of everyday cyber life. >> people trying to guess sophisticated computers are very easy to crack. >> reporter: in 2016, the most popular pattern found among...

Victims a day. tech giant microsoft keeps track of cyber crime at its own internal lab and they noticed something alarming. >> 81% of the data thaft we saw was related to user name passward and so that gives you a pretty good idea of the magnitude of the problem. >> reporter: brett is their chief informational security officer. did you get any bad guys? can you go into specifics? >> yes. the hacking community has grown in size and sophistication in the techniques they use. which again goes back ...

Data breachers was 123456. with more than 80% of people using the same weak password across 20 to 30 accounts. whats more, half of tech users write their passwords down on paper, leaving an estimated 24 billion intelligent devices over the next two years exposed. this is microsofts envisioning center. julia white is the vice president of microsofts cloud platform. what is biometrics? >> basically it means using you as a password, face, fingerprint, in some cases a la heartbeat. >> reporter: she ...

Computers, theyre easy to crack. >> in 2016, the most popular password found among data breachers was 123456. more than 80% of people using the same weak password across 20-30 accounts. whats more, half of tech users write their passwords down on paper. leaving estimated 24 billion intelligent devices over the next two devices exposed. >> this is the center. >> vice president of microsoft cloud platform. >> what is buy mow metrics. >> means using you as a password. your face, fingerprint and som...