The login credentials of one of our customers were flagged as suspicious by our password vault because they appeared on a list of leaked login credentials. When we reported this to the customer, he indicated that he used this combination everywhere. Really! Yes, really. That gave us a bit of a shock... In the year 2022, that's no longer acceptable. But fortunately there are very good solutions.
You really run a big risk
Suppose you find your LinkedIn username and password so easy to remember that you use this combination for other sites as well. Pretty convenient, right? You use it for your social media, for Nu.nl, but also for all kinds of websites where it is possible to make purchases, which you may even be able to pay for afterwards.
And then there's a data breach at LinkedIn. That means that third parties have been able to get at LinkedIn's combinations of usernames and passwords. Those combinations are worth good money and are then traded. You get an email from LinkedIn that there has been a data breach and that you need to reset your password. No problem, fixed in no time.
But ... do you remember what you all used this combination for as well? Do you remember to renew your password at all these sites (and for some people there are dozens)? Usually not. For example, orders can be placed in webshops in your name, which are not going to be delivered to your home, but whose bill is going to show up in your inbox. And that's a scenario no one wants.
So always make sure you use a unique, difficult password for each login. "Yeah, I can hardly start memorizing hundreds of logins, can I?" I hear you say. No, fortunately you don't have to. You only need to remember one: that of your password vault.