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Recently a nefarious gang of cyber criminals hacked 1.2 billion usernames and passwords from 420,000 websites across the globe. You could avoid being the next victim by following these simple tips and tricks...

On April 26, 2016, when it came to light that about 7 million email addresses and passwords were hacked from Lifeboat, the community website of the hugely popular video games maker Minecraft, security analysts immediately started advising users to reset passwords of all their online accounts, in which the compromised password had been reused.

In terms of numbers, the Lifeboat hack represents one of the massive breaches in recent times. However, – as many high profile hacks are getting reported every now and then, such headlines do not evoke much shock or surprise nowadays.

In the past few years, millions of credentials stolen from various organizations have been made public. In 2014, a Russian gang of cyber criminals hacked 1.2 billion usernames and passwords from 420,000 websites across the globe. Though stories about password hacks have become quite common now, people do not tend to adopt safe password management practices. It was evident from the fact that Troy Hunt, an eminent security expert who runs a website that helps you find if your password has ever been hacked, has found that more than 6% of the passwords hacked from Lifeboat, had already been hacked in another breach.

Normally, when websites face data breach, they send out advisories urging people to change their passwords. Many people promptly change the password in that site and feel secure. But, the harsh truth is that passwords and other sensitive data exposed in a single site could potentially affect your entire online life. This is because most of us tend to use the same password on all sites and applications. So,