Half of workers continue to access former employee accounts

Job hacking | Half of workers continue to access former employee accounts

Thu, 04 May 2023
Serena Haththotuwa
3 mins read

HR Grapevine

HR Grapevine | Executive Grapevine International Ltd

Half of workers continue to access former employee accounts

Nearly half of workers admit to abusing credentials associated with a former employer, according to new research.

In the survey from Password Manager, 47% of workers said they continued to access email, software accounts, and digital tools associated with the company they previously worked for. Of this 47%, 15% said they had been using passwords from old jobs, while one-in-three say they had been using the same password for more than two years.

Getting access to paid subscriptions (25%), getting into company emails (64%) and accessing company data (44%) were amongst the reasons workers are logging into old accounts. Interestingly, only 10% said they used old accounts to 'disrupt the business activity', indicating that employers need to be more vigilant with cyber protection in case of disgruntled ex-workers.

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