The data breach that happened on Graal was actually a result of breaches like this. Because a lot of people end up being involved in a data breach and don’t even realize it, and people can pay money to access pastebins that have the emails/passwords etc and use that to access your other accounts since a lot of people reuse passwords (which you should never do).
I’ll just repost what I wrote when the aforementioned incident occurred, because it contains helpful information that applies here (even if you’re unaffected)
In light of this you should: - You should reset the password of any accounts that use this same password (Like personal mail). The effect of this breach is made worse if you reused the same passwords. Like If your Graalonline Support password was the same as your Game password, hackers can potentially access your Graalonline account.
- You should ignore any Email asking for your Graalonline password or asking you to access a Web site. If you receive such Email or have any questions please contact [email protected]
It is important to create a strong and secure password in order to prevent things like this from happening.
A strong password: - Is at least eight characters long.
- Contains a mix of letters, numbers and characters.
- Does not contain your user name, real name, or company name.
- Does not contain a complete word.
- Is significantly different from previous passwords.
Another important step for staying secure is two-step authentication, when you enable 2-Step Verification, you add an extra layer of security to your account. You sign in with something you know (your password) and something you have (a code sent to your phone, another e-mail, etc) so even if your password is breached they can not access it without the second verification method.
For more information on staying secure this site outlines some helpful information: http://www.whoishostingthis.com/reso...ernet-security.
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