![]() ![]() ”If a password you use has been used by someone else, considering that there are trillions and more of possible passwords, it’s a weak password” And a view into which accounts and password pairs have been exposed. Apple has a pretty big deployment and a pretty big network, after all. If you don’t want password breach notifications, disable that feature.īut shopping for an answer? That seems. If you don’t want to change your passwords, don’t. Which means the proper determination here is a lack of matching breach data across all password-breach services, and not across those password-breach services with the particular answer that we might prefer. This particularly given the effort of the password change as compared with the effort and the mess created when an exposed password is misused.Īnd as you quite correctly state, different breach-listing services can have different data from different breaches. And listed as serious.Īs for breached passwords? Change those. And are listed as less serious issues.Ĭredentials pairs-account and password-that are breached are listed as breached. I fail to see what benefit a “second opinion” might offer here of benefit, over changing a password.Īnd passwords that are easily guessed are listed as such. I take their warning with a grain of salt. Don't let this fearmongering on the part of Apple leave you insecure. If in doubt, use another service to verify IF in fact your password has been breached. ![]() It doesn't mean that you specifically have been breached, but Apple's messaging is just that. From experience, I'd like to emphasize that just because one's password is easily guessed or someone also has created the same password, say from an application that generates "random" passwords than that password will appear inside Apple's database. Most of us have increasing numbers of these accounts, too. Or you have accounts on a hundred or two different services. Say that you have an account on that service. There are lots and lots of service breaches, too. Here’s how this mess starts: some service gets breached. Same for your device passcode, if that’s become known. And if it’s been re-used or otherwise exposed, change your Apple ID password. ![]() Enable two-factor on important accounts such as your Apple ID, too. What to do? Unique and robust passwords are strongly suggested. Access to an Apple ID (and particularly one without two-factor enabled) is a Bad Day for the account holder, too.Īs for determining the number of breaches thar an email address has been found, see here: Re-use a password exposed in that or some other breach, and some miscreant will now have access to that service, and whatever additional access can be gained from there. When those services are breached, every password associated with each account listed in that and in every other breach is then tried on every other service. It's too coincidental that as many (65+ breaches in my case), have been involved in a breach all simultaneously AND the passwords are not the same. Hello Stulynn1000 - could you help update me how you resolved this, I've had exactly the same breach - same scenario and have been very worried whether my keychain has been hacked, rather than the leaks on the third party sites. Two-factor on important accounts such as your Apple ID, too. Bad Day.Īs for determining the number of breaches thar an email address has been found, seeįurther reading over there will provide further background, too. Duplicate passwords will get found, just as soon as there’s one been included in a server breach.Īnd if Apple is reporting this diagnostic, then the password is known to be associated with the account. Access ro an Apple,ID (and particularly one without two-factor enabled) is a Bad Day for the account holder, too. Re-use a password, and some miscreant will now have access to that service, and whatever additional access can be gained from there. There are lots and lots of service breaches, too.Įvery password associated with each account listed in that and in every other breach is then tried on every other service. ![]()
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