@yuzuha wrote:
If you actually read the article, PayPal was not hacked. What happened was that people reused their PayPal passwords on other websites, and THOSE websites were compromised. People simply took the email address and password combos that they'd gotten from other places and plugged them into a whole bunch of websites (including PayPal) to see if they worked.
This is why you should always use strong, UNIQUE passwords for each site.
People should be using a random password generator service. I use one offered by Google, which generates a random, complex password and stores it (or offers to store it, by the user's choice) in my Google account. The service also scans for breaches, weak passwords a user may have created, a list of duplicated passwords, etc.
The Chrome browser will also scan for breaches, weaknesses, duplicates, etc., for any saved passwords, but I don't believe it has its own password generator option.
It's a really bad idea to use the same password over and over again. If it's breached on one site, all sites are then vulnerable.
