Even if you generate pass­words to make sure they are as secure as possible, hackers can still get their hands on them. In addition to cracking your pass­word, hackers can breach an online service you use and steal your pass­word from there use a virus to log your key­strokes as you log in trick you into giving your pass­word to them with a phishing scam or social engineering buy pass­words from another hacker on an online black market Modern hacking is a highly automated activity that targets millions of users at the same time. That’s why you should use one pass­word only for one account, instead of using the same ones on different accounts. Even if someone gets your pass­word, they can log into only a single account. Your other accounts are safe. Learn more from our article: How account take­over happens