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15 years of "password1" finally caught up to me at 2am

Had my email account hacked back in March. Woke up to 400 password reset emails from random sites I haven't touched since 2010. The guy who got in actually emailed me to brag about it. He said my password was the first thing he tried. I had been using the same password since high school. Just never thought about it because nothing bad had happened yet. Now I use a password manager and rotate stuff every 6 months. What wake up call made you finally change your habits?
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grayc27
grayc271mo ago
Dude my facebook got hit in 2018 with "baseball123".
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jana119
jana1191mo ago
Nah, I still use "password1" and nothing's happened yet.
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