After my email got hacked last month, I switched from using the same password everywhere to a password manager, and the peace of mind is night and day.

I spent 3 hours on the phone with my bank after someone in Phoenix tried to buy $500 worth of stuff with my info, which I'm convinced happened because my old 'favorite pet's name plus 123' formula was on a dozen different sites.

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evan_davis21d ago

Man, that's rough. So you're totally sure the weak password was the cause of the bank mess? I'm just curious how people trace the breach back to a specific site.

xenas1621d ago

I read about a guy whose reused password from a gaming site got his bank account drained.

the_claire21d ago

My bank's fraud team found the same email and password combo in a data dump from an old forum hack. They showed me the exact breach date from Have I Been Pwned, which matched when I made that forum account. That's how they connected it. What kind of password manager do you use now?