Work email security risks

EMPLOYEES who use their corporate email addresses to sign up for personal accounts on marketplaces or social media platforms may unintentionally expose their organisations to account theft and security breaches.

- SERGEY SHCHERBEL

This is according to research from Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence.

Kaspersky experts analysed compromised credentials leaked on the dark web between 2019 and 2024 for three popular entertainment platforms: Roblox, Discord and Netflix.

The analysis revealed that, on average, about 7% of users whose accounts were leaked had registered on these platforms using a corporate email address.

Personal use threats