re: Hacked/Compromised?? Thoughts/Suggestions Needed.

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I know the smart move would be to reset my password on everything, but I'm sure you guys know how monumental a task that would be given the dozens, if not hundreds, of logins I have various places that all use the same password.

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So again, if this is a random one-off thing, I don't want to start resetting my entire world. Thoughts? Advice?

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It doesn't matter if this is a one-off thing or not, you're asking for trouble by continuing to use the same password for every site. Yes, if you have hundreds of logins it will be an annoying task, but the more logins you have to gripe about, the increasing likelihood that a single one of those organizations is compromised, which in turns means all of your logins everywhere are compromised.

If it is a one-off thing, count your blessings and consider it a wakeup call. Get a password manager, learn how to use it, and spend an evening with it generating passwords, changing them on the web, and saving the new logins. It really isn't that hard to do. Take an hour and do all of the really important logins. Afterwards, every time you log into something, if you notice there's no password in your manager, generate/change/save a new password for it.