Weird Coincidence

[wango]

I'm not saying this is what happened, but if you are on a site that got hacked and their user data was intercepted, when Chrome finds out about it, they'll give you a "password is compromised" message

TY. Would or should it pop up though with other places that I visit using chrome?

Again, just wanted to post this as a heads-up, as it was only my password here that was compromised. The credit card charges are nothing, we’ve had fraudulent charges in the thousands before, this was minimal & no damage done.

Thanks again HK.

[Honkey_Kong]

TY. Would or should it pop up though with other places that I visit using chrome?

Again, just wanted to post this as a heads-up, as it was only my password here that was compromised. The credit card charges are nothing, we’ve had fraudulent charges in the thousands before, this was minimal & no damage done.

Thanks again HK.

Well what they do is they use your username and password. Then they'll go on other sites and try to use those and see which ones work. Sometimes these data breaches involve credit card info, but sites are getting better at encrypting and protecting that data. I've heard of cases where these breaches get enough of your personal info that they can use it to open lines of credit in your name and do major identity theft.

So it's best to use different passwords on every site.