Password1: how scammers exploit variations of your logins
by Shane Hickey from Technology | The Guardian on (#70109)
From avoiding recycling a password, even part of it, to two-step verification, steps to closing an open door for hackers
The first you know about it is when you find out someone has accessed one of your accounts. You've been careful with your details so you can't work out what has gone wrong, but you have made one mistake - recycling part of your password.
Reusing the same word in a password - even if it is altered to include numbers or symbols - gives criminals a way in to your accounts.
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