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Originally Posted by stormcloude
No, but they have your email and password, and if you use that combination at any other sites, then the hackers have access to those sites too.
I got the notice on Oct. 1 and thought it was someone phishing.  |
You should always use different passwords for different sites.
Simple Tips:
Make sure you use a strong password. At least 12 characters with mix up of Lowercase, Uppercase, Numbers and Symbols.
Make sure the email connected to the account has a strong password. Turn on Two step verification if you can. It will keep you safer. Change any security question. Make up your own security question answer that is no way related to the question. It will make it harder to guess.
You can get a free email account from outlook.com which gives you 10 email aliases so you could use a alias as a email address and even if the hackers got that email they still couldn't log in because they would have to know the real email address that is tied to the account. You can add and delete aliases as needed. I love this feature!
