Credential Stuffing Attacks: What Are They and How to Combat Them

Credential stuffing attacks, attempts to compromise a large number of user accounts with stolen credentials, are a difficult problem to solve. More than 80 percent of companies state it is difficult to detect, fix, or remediate credential stuffing attacks, and these attacks result in an average of more than $6 million a year in costs per company. At Auth0, credential stuffing attacks account for, on average, nearly half of all login attempts using our platform.