These online info dumps are often sold and traded online amongst would be hackers and beneficiaries on what is known as the "darknet" (a sort of Internet subsystem only accessible via direct urls/pathways and hidden from search engines and the like).
You might be wondering "why are shared passwords such a concern?" Well in the past three years there have been an unprecedented amount of compromised websites, forums and services leading to a flood of username, emails and passwords for sale, trade and cross reference online. In the VAST majority of recent cases the root cause for these compromised accounts lies with the widespread use of same or similar passwords across multiple accounts online. There are three commonly cited causes for instances of accounts being compromised.
So, I decided to make this thread in which I will attempt to comprehensively detail the most prevalent causes for these recent breaches and the most effective preventative measures you can personally take to exponentially reduce the chances of a personal breach.įirst let's talk about the causes. There's been a lot of frustration and confusion surrounding a recent surge in game console account "hacks." What I've noticed is that there is a lot of misinformation and misattributed blame being thrown out there when comes to these "hacks" and most notably there's a distinct lack of awareness as to how one can protect their own accounts from being compromised. Please do not use this thread for console warz. Again, I repeat this thread is meant to inform.
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Should any information be inaccurate I will be doing my best to update as necessary. This took a significant amount of time to put together. Disclaimer: This thread was made with the intention of being a source of useful and relevant information as a response to a large amount of confusion and frustration surrounding what is a very controversial topic.
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