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Vent: I was reusing the same password for 7 years until my bank called me
Last month, I got a call from my bank's fraud department asking about a login from a city I've never been to. I realized I had been using my old college email password, 'GoTeam2016', for my bank, my main email, and a bunch of other sites. The bank agent said the attempt came from a data breach on some shopping site I used years ago. I had to spend a whole afternoon resetting everything. Has anyone else had a close call like that from an old password?
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leo_carr133mo ago
Yeah, "GoTeam2016" is the exact kind of password I used to make. I had a close call with an old gaming forum breach, same deal. It's wild how one dumb password from years ago can come back like that.
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daniel5523mo ago
Totally thought password managers were overkill until my old Netflix password got popped lol. Now I'm a total convert.
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