Sentence examples for reusing the same password from inspiring English sources

Because most of us end up reusing the same password across multiple sites, the cracked passwords gave hackers entry into HBGary's email services and Barr's Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.

It is advisable to change all your passwords, but only once the sites have fixed the Heartbleed bug, especially if you reuse the same password across multiple sites and services.

Passwords are often the weakest parts when it comes to securing users' accounts, as many don't use complex passwords or they reuse the same password across services.

They'll reuse the same password everywhere, and will connect to open Wi-Fi hotspots without a second thought as to who might be sniffing their traffic (Firesheep, anyone?).

As Dropbox points out, "though it's easy to reuse the same password on different websites, this means if any one site is compromised, all your accounts are at risk".

That bundle of 250,000 records (user name, email address, decrypted password) may be purchased for as little as $20 — and the purchaser would likely then use the list to try brute-forcing other sites (including Gmail) in the hope that the victims had reused the same password.

Because so many users simply reuse the same password over and over again (you don't, right?), hackers could gain access to virtually all of a user's online accounts through a single attack — no matter whether they got it by phishing the account or through a security leak.

If it's a case of simple password cross-pollination (i.e. web users reusing the same login credentials) across multiple services then Dropbox's claim that its servers have not been hacked does technically stand up.

They were so successful, we just kept reusing the same monster.

The company is reusing the same design paired with an Apple Watch.

In addition to usability issues — like compatibility of platforms and the human tendency to reuse the same basic passwords — email only covers a portion of the digital world.