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When Accounts are "Hacked" Due to Poor Passwords, Victims Must Share the Blame

Troy Hunt

This is when hackers try usernames and password combos leaked in data breaches at other companies, hoping that some users might have reused usernames and passwords across services. The second story was about a number of verified Twitter accounts having been "hacked" and then leveraged in Bitcoin scams.

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