Passwords - Do you know NEVER to use the same password for more than one account/service?
Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history
Before have I been pwned?, there was LeakedIn. LeakedIn was a website set up in 2011 following a high-profile breach at LinkedIn where passwords were leaked. The website operated like Haveibeenpwned, letting you check whether your account was in the breach, but only for LinkedIn.
If there is a breach at a website you use, and you only use the password there, then you have to change one password, and the scope of the issue is limited to that one website. If you reuse the same password everywhere, and any one of those services is breached, the attacker now has access to everything – your bank, your work, your social media, everything.
Send a message to someone who needs to understand the importance of password safety. Always use a unique password for everything.

Figure: SugarLearning reinforces to never use the same password twice
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