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If a password is compromised, is a "similar" password also compromised?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 20261625 views
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Suppose a user uses a secure password at site A and a different but similar secure password at site B. Maybe something like on site A and on site B (feel free to use a different definition of "similarity" if it makes sense). Suppose then that the password for site A is somehow compromised...maybe a…

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mySecure12#PasswordA

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To answer the last part first: Yes, it would make a difference if the data disclosed were cleartext vs. hashed. In a hash, if you change a single character, the entire hash is completely different. The only way an attacker would know the password is…

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