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Reusing a password means a breach of one account becomes a breach of every account sharing it. With an ever-increasing number of online threats, a single leak can hand attackers the keys to your email, banking and shopping logins at once.

Criminals automate this with "credential stuffing" — feeding stolen username-and-password pairs into other services, precisely because reuse is so common.

Short passwords, or those built from real words, names or personal details, can be cracked by automated tools in seconds — long before you'd ever notice.

Did you know?

The most common passwords in use still include "password" and "123456".

Billions of account records — usernames, passwords, personal and financial details — have already been exposed in breaches at major services including eBay, Yahoo and LinkedIn.

The uncomfortable part: you may already be affected and have no idea. Leaked details can sit on criminal forums for years, ready to be used against you long after the breach itself.

Without anti-virus, anti-malware protection and a firewall, a single malicious link or download can be enough to let ransomware lock your files, or spyware quietly harvest your passwords and personal data.

New security flaws are discovered every single day. Each one that goes unpatched is an open door an attacker can walk through — and you may never know they did.

Are your devices even still supported? Many phone makers stop issuing security updates after a surprisingly short time, quietly leaving your data exposed while the device still appears to be fully functioning.

On an unsecured public network — a café, hotel or airport — anyone nearby with the right tools can potentially watch what you send and receive, from the sites you visit to the logins you type in.

Device storage can fail without warning. Do you have your data safely backed up, and a clear plan to restore it?

What would happen if your computer was lost, stolen, or destroyed in a fire? Could you recover the photos, documents and memories that matter most — or would they simply be gone?

Have you ever considered why a free email account is "free"? The real price is paid in your privacy — your messages and habits become data to be analysed and monetised.

Most of us run our financial, health and personal lives through email. Are you comfortable with what your provider is permitted to do with all of that?

Every post, like and tap builds a profile of you. Social networks track your activity — on and offline — to target advertising, and if your accounts aren't locked down to trusted contacts, that personal data can be collected and analysed by anyone, from marketing firms to criminals.

Did you know?

Your social profiles are increasingly checked by others when you apply for a job, a loan or a credit card.

If you answered yes — and we hope you did — we can help. We'll analyse your needs, configure your devices, and build the skills and habits that keep you genuinely safer online.

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