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Questions about multiple abandoned accounts and posible compromised account.
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<blockquote data-quote="bazang" data-source="post: 1092334" data-attributes="member: 114717"><p>If you use weak passwords and re-use them, and an attacker figures out that you do this, then they can potentially leverage what they have discovered to further target you. Furthermore, if you have infos within any of those accounts that an attacker can potentially use to conduct further attacks is an obvious concerned.</p><p></p><p>However, to specifically answer your question, the greater the number of accounts that you have - whether they are alt- or throwaway or whatever - the greater the attack surface you have and therefore the higher the risk that you will targeted and\or attacked or your infos will be used for unwanted or malicious purposes.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You've got problems, dude.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bazang, post: 1092334, member: 114717"] If you use weak passwords and re-use them, and an attacker figures out that you do this, then they can potentially leverage what they have discovered to further target you. Furthermore, if you have infos within any of those accounts that an attacker can potentially use to conduct further attacks is an obvious concerned. However, to specifically answer your question, the greater the number of accounts that you have - whether they are alt- or throwaway or whatever - the greater the attack surface you have and therefore the higher the risk that you will targeted and\or attacked or your infos will be used for unwanted or malicious purposes. You've got problems, dude. [/QUOTE]
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