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How do hackers get your password?
Even if you generate passwords to make sure they are as secure as possible, hackers can still get their hands on them. In addition to cracking your password, hackers can
breach an online service you use and steal your password from there
use a virus to log your keystrokes as you log in
trick you into giving your password to them with a phishing scam or social engineering
buy passwords from another hacker on an online black market
Modern hacking is a highly automated activity that targets millions of users at the same time. That’s why you should use one password only for one account, instead of using the same ones on different accounts. Even if someone gets your password, they can log into only a single account. Your other accounts are safe.
Learn more from our article: How account takeover happens.