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Websites should allow customers to cut and paste passwords to access their accounts according to advice from Britain's National Cyber Security Council.
The NCSC is part of GCHQ and provides advice for businesses and individual on how to keep their data and accounts secure from possible attack from cyber criminals.
Many websites developers prevent users from copying and pasting passwords during the log-in process believing that this provides an additional element of security.
But according to Britain's top cyber experts, consumers, who are forced to use increasingly complex passwords are likely to repeat the same phrase across multiple sites.
This, according to the NCSC jeopardises the security of all their accounts in the event of a data breach in one location.
Websites should allow customers to cut and paste passwords during the log-on process as this reduces the risk of becoming victims to cyber crime according to the National Cyber Security Council
Experts at the NCSC - which is part of GCHQ, said demanding increasingly complex passwords from customers means individuals are more likely to reuse a phrase over multiple sites
The NCSC has issued a six-point plan for protecting your various accounts from cyber attack
According to the NCSC: 'We believe it's one of those "best
