The tech giant behind the Windows operating system has warned users that they have just eight weeks access to their passwords via their accounts and will be utilizing Microsoft’s Authenticator passkeys going forward following a recent attack.

The company said: "Your saved passwords (but not your generated password history) and addresses are securely synced to your Microsoft account, and you can continue to access them and enjoy seamless autofill functionality with Microsoft Edge. "From August 2025, your saved passwords will no longer be accessible and any generated passwords not saved will be deleted

The corproation previously insisted that there was "no doubt" that traditional passwords were on the way out and they wre trying to take action on the thousands of attacks that take place every second.

In a blog post, they said: "There’s no doubt about it: The password era is ending. Bad actors know it, which is why they’re desperately accelerating password-related attacks while they still can.

"At Microsoft, we block 7,000 attacks on passwords per second—almost double from a year ago. At the same time, we’ve seen adversary-in-the-middle phishing attacks increase by 146% year over year.1 Fortunately, we’ve never had a better solution to these pervasive attacks: passkeys.

"Passkeys not only offer an improved user experience by letting you sign in faster with your face, fingerprint, or PIN, but they also aren’t susceptible to the same kinds of attacks as passwords. Plus, passkeys eliminate forgotten passwords and one-time codes and reduce support calls.

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