When passwords are compromised, attackers can potentially access your accounts, which can lead to identity theft, financial loss, and more.
Worse still, if the same password is used across multiple accounts, a breach on one platform can put multiple accounts at risk. This can put your sensitive information at serious risk.
One such high-profile case was that of Mark Zuckerberg. Incredibly, Zuckerberg reused albania whatsapp number data 5 million the password “dadada” (which, by the way, is a terrible password ) on several of his accounts. In 2016, hackers from the group OurMine managed to access Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts. The attackers used credentials obtained from a LinkedIn data breach that occurred in 2012.
'This breach also revealed that Zuckerberg was not using 2FA , a cybersecurity best practice that everyone can implement (more on this later).
This leak was particularly embarrassing for Zuckerberg, given his high-profile position in the tech industry. Luckily for him, no sensitive data was exposed in this case.
