Keep your accounts from getting hacked
You may not use Sony's PlayStation Network or Qriocity music services. But they both got hacked earlier this year, which goes to show that your accounts aren't always safe even on big-name websites. That means people could have your login name and password without your realizing it. And if you use the same name and password on a hacked site that you do everywhere else, you guessed it ... it's time to change them everywhere.
The best way to keep this from happening is to make sure that you use a different login name and/or password on each website. But if a site that you frequent has already been hacked, you can visit the aptly-named shouldichangemypassword.com to find out if your data got stolen. Enter your login name, and it'll tell you if there are any known security breaches involving it. If so, then yes, you should change your password.
Don't worry, the site has been vetted. It's not a phishing scam; it doesn't even ask for your password, just your user name.
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