Comment: Why usernames and passwords are too old-fashioned for ecommerce

Tesco suffered a data breach which involved hackers stealing passwords and using them on the Tesco site

The news that over 2,000 user credentials from Tesco have been posted online does not come as a surprise given the recent frequency of attacks on major retailers.

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