How to Protect Your Accounts Ahead of the New Season

The roar of engines and celebration of victory will soon come alive as F1 fans gear up for the new season beginning on March 16, 2025. Whether you’re streaming the race or practicing your own skills on the sim, it should be as seamless as the pit crew’s tyre changes, but behind the scenes, cybersecurity risks can derail your experience and put your identity at risk if your online accounts are compromised.

Keeper Security, the Official Cybersecurity Partner of Williams Racing, is sharing how to keep your streaming accounts safe so nothing interrupts your race-day excitement.

Think of your passwords as a driver helmet for your digital life. A strong password isn’t just nice to have – it’s essential. Yet many still rely on weak, easy-to-guess passwords, reuse them across multiple accounts or write them down on sticky notes and in spreadsheets. According to Keeper Security, 41% of people admit to reusing passwords, leaving their accounts vulnerable.

Keeper Security’s password manager simplifies this process with zero-knowledge encryption, ensuring only you can access your passwords. With Keeper, you can create, store and autofill unique, complex passwords for every account, eliminating the need to remember or reuse them.

We’ve all shared streaming account logins, but handing out passwords carelessly is risky. More than one-third of people share passwords in insecure ways, such as texting or writing them down. Keeper’s Family Plan ensures you can share credentials safely.

With Keeper, you can share passwords securely and focus on enjoying race day without any stress.

Your F1 streaming service is just one part of your digital life. If you’re using the same password across accounts, a breach in one could compromise the others. Keeper’s research shows that 85% of users think their passwords are secure, yet many still rely on memory or browser-stored passwords, both of which are vulnerable.

Using unique passwords for every account – and a password manager to create and manage them – protects against these risks, ensuring one breach doesn’t cause a domino effect. If your credentials are compromised, a dark web monitoring such as Keeper’s BreachWatch® alerts you in real time, so you can take action to update them immediately.

Phishing scams targeting streaming accounts are on the rise. Cybercriminals send fake emails that look like legitimate messages to trick users into revealing sensitive personal information or login details for their accounts. Phishing is among the most popular cyber threat vectors today, and bad actors are weaponizing AI to speed up and scale these common destructive attacks. AI tools increase the believability of phishing scams and enable cybercriminals to deploy them more rapidly. According to 84% of respondents to Keeper's 2024 Insight Report, phishing and smishing have become more difficult to detect with the proliferation of AI.

To outmaneuver phishing attempts, always check the sender’s email address and any links for authenticity. If something feels off, such as a misspelled domain name, avoid clicking. Additionally, using a password manager will ensure you’re on the correct site before logging in, because your credentials are only linked to the authentic website.

F1 is about speed, strategy and spectacle – not worrying about cyber threats. By securing your accounts with strong passwords, ensuring you’re using safe sharing practices and keeping an eye out for phishing attacks, you can cheer on Alex and Carlos with confidence.