According BBC News, Lifehacker, and other sites, the password leakage may be more widespread than previously reported. Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Comcast, and Earthlink email accounts may have had usernames and passwords posted online, also. I would highly recommend you change your passwords on all your sites and consider using a different password for each site.
Most of us use the same password over and over again (I’m right there with you), and if one account is ever compromised, you risk all your accounts being compromised.
How can your account become compromised? The most common way is through a phishing scam (pronounced fishing). Common Craft has created a “Phishing Scam in Plain English” video, so you can see how phishing works. Also, see if you can detect different phishing scams through this online phishing quiz. As always contact your friendly NEKLS Tech Staff if you have any questions.
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